boiler

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But as heat pumps run on electricity, he is now paying around 27p per kilowatt-hour, compared with less than 6p for gas that powers a boiler - more than four times as much.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

On the Chesapeake Bay, market hunters favored punt guns—cannons weighing up to 200 pounds, with barrels made from boiler pipe—that could bring down 100 ducks with one shot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

A really well-configured heat pump might use a quarter of the energy of its gas boiler equivalent.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Since the stone age, people have typically kept themselves warm by burning things - wood or coal on a fire, or oil or gas in a boiler.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Finally it became clear that there was a leak in the boiler that heats the water to power the engine.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman