CLIMATE TECH A coalition of five New England states has won $450 million in federal funds to speed up the adoption of electric heat pumps throughout the region. An estimated $100 million from that amount will go to Massachusetts directly, according to Governor Maura Healey’s administration. This award to create what’s to be called the “New England Heat Pump Accelerator,” announced on Monday, was one of the largest of any doled out through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program, funded by the federal Inflation Reduction Act.
The five states — all New England states except New Hampshire — want to ensure that heat pumps make up at least 65 percent of residential heating, cooling and water heating sales by 2030 to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the region. The Accelerator money will be split among three initiatives: a “market hub” with financial incentives and training resources for manufacturers, distributors and contractors to stock and sell heat pumps; an “innovation hub” that funds projects that support heat pump adoption in low-income communities; and a “resource hub” that will help the five states share heat pump sales and market data. — JON CHESTO FAST FOOD Advertisement The bulk of McDonald’s Corp.
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