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This is the best summary I could come up with:


The figures showed almost 190,000 rooftop solar installations were carried out last year, the highest level since the government slashed its subsidy scheme in late 2011.

Meanwhile, the number of heat pumps installed across the UK rose to a record high of almost 40,000, up 25% on the previous year, according to the data.

However, the MCS Foundation, which oversees the body’s standards scheme, said the UK was still falling short in its goal to reduce its reliance on gas, which is considered a crucial step in meeting Britain’s legally binding climate targets.

David Cowdrey, the director of external affairs at the foundation, said the industry would still need additional government policies, on top of the higher grants, to achieve “the exponential growth” that was “required now”.

He called on the government to move social and environmental tariffs from energy bills into general taxation in order to reduce electricity costs and make running heat pumps substantially cheaper than a gas boiler.

Solar installations fell short of the record 203,000 in 2011, when people rushed to take advantage of the amount they received from the feed-in-tariff support scheme before it was slashed.


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