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Combined cycle plants have been around for a while. Another common thing is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogeneration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogeneratio
by greglindahl 6y ago
Combined cycle plants have been around for a while. Another common thing is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogeneration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogeneration, which dates back to the start of electricity production. Both are more efficient than the days when no one cared, but they still spew carbon. Your heat pump can run on wind.
- gwbas1c 6y ago> Your heat pump can run on wind It can run on anything. As pro renewable energy as I am, the switch won't happen overnight. Furthermore, pointing out that heating with a heat pump and grid electricity from natural gas is more efficient than heating directly with natural gas hopefully encourages more homes to use heat pumps now, instead of waiting for incentives that will come in the future. When I built my house, I had to really push on the contractor to get a heat pump. He wanted to do a gas furnace and still thinks I'm an environmental bozo.