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I'm actually surprised to see heat pumps gaining so little traction in Europe over time, perhaps excluding Baltics. I'm in Russia myself and I have a heat pump
by orbital-decay 4y ago
I'm actually surprised to see heat pumps gaining so little traction in Europe over time, perhaps excluding Baltics. I'm in Russia myself and I have a heat pump installed in my house for about a decade and a half already. In the long run, it was far cheaper than gas in my case. Not to mention it was faster to install; the gas pipeline bureaucracy alone would have taken several months.
That said, there are environmental concerns about geothermals at scale (see the earthquake in Landau). Not sure how much of it carries over to residential heat pumps, though.
- porker 4y agoThe "In the long run" bit is the problem. Here in the UK people stay in a house for about 10 years before moving. It's impossible to get payback on many investments in that time, and when you sell your house the improvements aren't valued high enough to return the money you spent.