Heat pump sales jump as consumers recoil at high fossil fuel prices
High demand for units in Europe suggests green technologies benefiting from energy price surge due to Iran war
High demand for units in Europe suggests green technologies benefiting from energy price surge due to Iran war

Iran war keeps prices high despite consumer demand dropping as heating season ends

Prices rise almost 20-fold in a few hours as solar gives way to natural gas made scarce by war in Middle East

Energy crisis sparked by war in Iran has raised prospect of restarting mothballed coal power plants

Household providers withdraw or raise tariffs after surge in wholesale costs

Repeated cost shocks make a transition to cleaner energy critical

Natural gas consumption has fallen and resilience has improved across Europe and in the UK