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Originally Posted by Azure
Someone break down the benefits of Europe rapidly transitioning to heat pumps in the next year as if I'm a 5 year old.
And then also explain to me why it hasn't already happened.
You can get heat pump based hot water heaters that are insanely efficient. Nevermind heat pumps for everything else.
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The issue is Europe only has a fraction of the peak electricity generation capacity needed to convert from NG heating to electrical in the winter, even with heat pumps with high COP.
For just the UK, even an optimistic study says it will need about 170 GW of electricity to meet peak heating demand.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...01421518307249
Currently with mostly NG heating, the UK's electricity demand peaks at around 40-45 GW during the winter.
https://gridwatch.co.uk/