An Exeter housing estate has quietly become the first in the UK to run entirely on renewable liquid gas for heating.
The 19 homes at Seaward Park switched to 100% bioLPG in December 2025, cutting carbon emissions by up to 80% compared with conventional LPG while keeping the same boilers, tanks and pipework.
For residents, nothing changed operationally. The fuel did.
Around 24% of homes in the South West are off the gas grid, the highest share in England. Many rely on oil or LPG.
While heat pumps are central to government plans, impact assessments suggest around one in five UK homes may not be technically suitable, rising to around a third once affordability is factored in.
Flogas Britain supplies the estate using a certified mass balance model. For every litre bought, the equivalent volume of renewable gas is added into the wider UK supply chain. Renewable and conventional LPG move through the same infrastructure, but the renewable volumes are tracked and verified.
Ivan Trevor of Flogas Britain said: “This shows that off-grid homes don’t have to rip out their heating systems to reduce their emissions.”
Resident Mark Stubbs added: “On our estate, we wanted a heating solution that made sense for our homes. This 100% BioLPG tariff gives us the reliability and performance we expect, but with a lower carbon impact than standard LPG.”
Industry figures say 25 million litres of renewable liquid gas is already supplied nationwide, with volumes expected to rise 40% next year.
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