Europe's heat pumps replace Middle East gas imports twice over

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by rustoo • 1 month ago

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hash03• 1 month ago

Can someone explain to me in simple terms what the deal is with heat pumps - and why we have not implemented them on a large scale before? It sounds to me like a "reverse refridgerator", so the technology surely has been around for a couple of decades at least?

throwaway_2626• 1 month ago

It's literally the same technology as a refrigerator.

At least in Europe, much of the current expansion is fueled by the parallel rise of PV solar installs in households (even without subsidies, both combined result in cheaper heating than gas).

hash03• 1 month ago

So, in essence, it's about heating my appartment using electricity rather than heating water and distributing that around radiators? Let me guess: This has not been very prevalent in Europe because until a couple of years ago, fossil fuels were cheap enough to out-compete electrically generated heat?

jqpabc123• 1 month ago

The war with Iran has done what US policy refused to do --- promote cleaner (and cheaper) energy.

Europe's heat pumps replace Middle East gas imports twice over

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