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How can we use Energy in the Home more efficiently?

Heating Energy Cost Comparisons

The following costs are approximate raw energy prices, adjusted to take into account the respective efficiencies of typical appliances, to give comparative costs for equal heat outputs.

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Gas - (typical efficiency 70%): - 5.3 per/kilowatt hour (p/kWh)

Coal - (typical efficiency 60%): - 4.9 p/kWh (7% cheaper than gas)

Wood - (typical efficiency 80%): - 6.0 p/kWh (13% more costly than gas)

Oil - (typical efficiency 70%): - 8.6 p/kWh (63% more costly than gas)

LPG - (typical efficiency 70%): - 10.4 p/kWh (97% more costly than gas)

Electricity - Off-peak (typical efficiency 90%): - 8.2 p/kWh (55% more costly than gas)

- On-peak (assumed efficiency 100%): - 20.3 p/kWh (283% more costly than gas)

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