Heat pumps

Electrification

Electrify your home with our handy roundup before tax credits expire

You could save thousands of dollars on heat pumps, solar, and other home energy updates if you act before Dec. 31. Our explainers and guides will get you up to speed fast.

By Alison F. Takemura . 21 November 2025
Heat pumps

This industrial heat pump is cheaper to run than a boiler. Yes, really.

Skyven Technologies is making clean steam in a cost-effective way. The tech could boost efforts to decarbonize heavy industry.

By Julian Spector . 13 November 2025
Clean industry

Boston’s century-old steam heat system is getting a low-carbon makeover

Boston and Cambridge’s decades-old district energy system is being retooled to shift away from gas and toward heat pumps and electric boilers.

By Jeff St. John . 5 November 2025
Heat pumps

The loophole that could give clean heat a boost under Trump

The OBBBA killed tax credits for heat pumps, but kept them for commercially leased geothermal and thermal storage systems — a path to keep home clean heat rolling.

By Jeff St. John . 3 November 2025
Heat pumps

Massachusetts heat-pump owners are about to get cheaper electricity

The state’s innovative winter heat-pump rates go into effect this weekend and should make the tech more accessible. Deeper discounts could come next year.

By Sarah Shemkus . 30 October 2025
Heat pumps

Inside the Colorado factory where AtmosZero is electrifying steam

Many facilities need steam, but making it is CO2-intensive. AtmosZero is working to scale production of its heat-pump boiler to help decarbonize industrial heat.

By Alison F. Takemura . 15 October 2025
Heat pumps

Boston is piloting window heat pumps in affordable housing

Housing authorities in Boston and two nearby cities are installing plug-in heat pumps from startup Gradient to try to swiftly and affordably cut emissions.

By Alison F. Takemura . 14 October 2025
Heat pumps

States get a blueprint to speed up heat-pump adoption

A new report offers more than 50 useful strategies for states to help residents replace fossil-fuel-burning furnaces and water heaters with cleaner heat pumps.

By Alison F. Takemura . 24 September 2025
Heat pumps

This startup says it can halve the cost of a heat pump — here’s how

The Vancouver-based Jetson has a simple cost-cutting formula: lots of tech, no middlemen. Today, it’s launching its own heat pump product.

By Alison F. Takemura . 9 September 2025
Clean industry

Heat pumps can help clean up factories — and save lives

Americans could save $1.1 trillion in public health costs by replacing thousands of industrial boilers that burn gas, oil, and other fuels nationwide.

By Alison F. Takemura . 15 August 2025