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<p>The Government’s assessment is that its overall policy framework, including the Clean Heat Market Mechanism, will help to increase investment in research and development and incentivise investment in expanding the UK manufacturing of heat pumps to serve a growing market.</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched a Heat Pump Investment Accelerator Competition to support directly increased domestic manufacture of heat pumps. Alongside this, the expansion of the heat pump market may also see increased numbers of imported heat pumps in absolute terms, at least in the near term.</p><p> </p><p>The mechanism will apply equally to UK-manufactured and imported boilers, ensuring a level playing field.</p> |