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In practice or is that what the manufacturers claim? Either way you should take into account you lose about 40% of that by simply converting the fuel to electr
by contravariant 3y ago
In practice or is that what the manufacturers claim?
Either way you should take into account you lose about 40% of that by simply converting the fuel to electricity, which is kind of the opposite of what happens when moving from combustion engines to electromechanical engines.
- Certhas 3y agoDepends on operating regime, but newly installed pumps typically are used in a way that gets close to 3. You can generate electricity with a gas power plant at 50%, use that to operate heat pumps, and you will warm your house more than directly burning the gas. Or put another way, in a gas dominated grid, switching from gas heating to heat pumps saves carbon gas emissions.
- chii 3y ago> you lose about 40% of that by simply converting the fuel to electricity while that is true, it is only a stepping stone towards generating electricity renewably (let's say wind or solar). The consumer ultimately decides the method (via market forces), and they are the easiest to convert first. If the demand for gas heating drops because of electrification, gas demand would fall (but the cost of extraction remains the same/similar), and therefore, makes electricity cheaper and cheaper. The losses from current electricity conversion from gas at the plant is merely a short term loss for a better long term 'future', and i would consider it a cost of electrification.