Skip to main content

Newsroom

The Streisand Effect: Octopus reveals demand for heat pumps jumped 58% in October

A person holding a potted plant in front of a brick wall with a gray appliance featuring a pink octopus logo.

Brits are getting fired up about heat pumps, with publicity about possible cuts to government schemes and rising gas prices helping drive a surge in demand for efficient electric heating.


Octopus Energy saw heat pump enquiries increase by more than half (58%) in October, reaching their highest level since March, when the war in Iran put energy prices in the spotlight and exposed Britain’s reliance on volatile fossil fuels.


Read the full release here.

Media Assets

Browse our collection of images and videos ready for the press

Meet the team

Meet our leadership team and senior spokespeople

About Octopus

A brief history and further information on Octopus Energy

International press releases

Contact

If you are a customer, or a potential customer, our customer service team are available by email every day on hello@octopus.energy or by phone on 0808 164 1088.

For partnership inquiries, please email partnerships@octoenergy.com.

If you are a journalist, call 02045308369, or email press@octoenergy.com.

If you smell gas (or think there's a leak) please call the National Gas Emergency Helpline immediately on 0800 111 999.


If you have a power cut, please call 105 (free) for help and advice.