@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialGroßwärmepumpen are heating up Germany: capacity is expected to increase 6x by 2030.
Rivers and sea are increasingly being used as a heat source. The cost of heat pumps appears to be proportional to their size.
These and other findings from a new study:
https://www.
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyHome Heat Pumps: Barriers to Installation (2022) - A case study in the friction in specifying and installing a heat-pump in the UK, even for a savvy early adopter. #heatpump #netZero #futureReady -…
@markhburton@mstdn.socialShyster Dale Vince is still peddling misinformation about heat pumps.
Factcheck: What it really costs to heat a home in the UK with a heat pump - Carbon Brief https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-what-it-really-costs-to-heat-a-home-in-th…
@brichapman@mastodon.socialColorado is making heat pumps actually affordable. The state just launched rebates up to $14,000 for energy efficiency upgrades, with $8,000 specifically for heat pumps.
This matters because heat pump sales already surpass gas furnaces nationwide, and new cold-climate tech means they work even in freezing temps. It's a real pathway to cut emissions and ditch fossil fuels.
@primonatura@mstdn.social @burger_jaap@mastodon.socialMisinformation and populism also appear to be finite fuels, like fossil gas. In a generally sluggish German heating market, gas boilers are now losing out to heat pumps.
https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/energie/waermepumpen-heizung-energie-100.html
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyOn the UK SSES 1st Phase ESA Regs (2026) - UK central government consulting to enable flexibility from domestic heat pumps etc #smartGrid #flexibleDemand #SSES
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineMit einer #Wärmepumpe lässt sich der #CO2-Ausstoß beim #Heizen deutlich senken.
Der britische Staat fördert die Umstellung über das Boiler Upgrade Scheme mit bis zu £7.500. Auch einkommensschwa…
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Oxford United to Build UK’s First All-Electric Football Stadium"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Football
@brichapman@mastodon.socialWashington's cap-and-invest auctions have raised billions now funding transit, heat pumps, and clean energy projects. Japan is activating multi-trillion-yen green finance for resilience and transition. China commissioned a 1 GW floating solar farm paired with aquaculture.
Policy meets practice, at scale.
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@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeHeat pumps are efficient but small electric generators very much not so.
Anybody know how the cascade performs? If you have a fixed amount of propane and a suitably large generator and wish to heat a house, are you better off running a generator heat pump or just burning it? Assume for the sake of discussion that utility or local solar electrical power are unavailable and that you can't easily capture waste heat from the generator exhaust
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itI live in "sub-tropical" NYC. My house's heat pumps are rated to heat in temperatures as low as 5F. We went with those models because it rarely gets below 20F here.
On Wednesday, the low is gonna be 4F. 😬
@LillyHerself@Mastodon.socialRE: https://newsie.social/@philmeyer/115982248907186139
🇺🇸 Imagine if the US had an administration who hired a bunch of *nice people* to go around and install vehicle charging stations, heat pumps and solar panels, insulate houses and businesses, and repla…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBerlin-based Cloover, which makes software to help install solar, home batteries, and heat pumps, raised $22M from Lowercarbon and others and $1.2B in debt (Coco Liu/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01…
@primonatura@mstdn.social @brichapman@mastodon.socialNew England's $450M Heat Pump Accelerator will bulk-buy and install heat pumps to replace oil and gas furnaces—cutting bills and emissions.
Timor-Leste communities reinstated Tara Bandu fisheries agreements to protect reefs and build climate-resilient livelihoods.
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@primonatura@mstdn.social"New window-mounted heat pumps make ditching fossil fuels easier"
#HeatPumps #Energy
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@brichapman@mastodon.socialFive New England states just launched a $450M initiative to make heat pumps way more accessible.
The plan? Incentivize contractors to keep units in stock, dropping upfront costs by $500-$700 per heat pump. The goal is 580,000 residential installations by 2030, cutting 2.5M metric tons of carbon while lowering energy bills.
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyHome Heat Pumps: Barriers to Installation (2022) - A case study in the friction in specifying and installing a heat-pump in the UK, even for a savvy early adopter. #heatpump #netZero #futureReady -…
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyHome Heat Pumps: Barriers to Installation (2022) - A case study in the friction in specifying and installing a heat-pump in the UK, even for a savvy early adopter. #heatpump #netZero #futureReady -…
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyHome Heat Pumps: Barriers to Installation (2022) - A case study in the friction in specifying and installing a heat-pump in the UK, even for a savvy early adopter. #heatpump #netZero #futureReady -…
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyHome Heat Pumps: Barriers to Installation (2022) - A case study in the friction in specifying and installing a heat-pump in the UK, even for a savvy early adopter. #heatpump #netZero #futureReady -…
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialA 400 MW virtual power plant of decentralised energy sources, including rooftop solar panels, home batteries, EV chargers and heat pumps, for Germany. It's not quite the GWs envisaged earlier, but it's still an impressive achievement.
https://www.pv-magazine.de/…
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyHome Heat Pumps: Barriers to Installation (2022) - A case study in the friction in specifying and installing a heat-pump in the UK, even for a savvy early adopter. #heatpump #netZero #futureReady -…
@primonatura@mstdn.social"New England kicks off $450M plan to supercharge heat pump adoption"
#US #USA #America #NewEngland
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialIt's been a while since an energy supplier in France offered dynamic prices to households. Since this month, there's a new one.
Sobry doesn't offer smart device control yet, but for most EVs and many heat pumps and A/Cs, device manufacturers or 3rd parties offer tools.
https://www.sobry.co/particulier
@brichapman@mastodon.socialAustralia can slash energy bills AND cut emissions—it's not either/or.
As aging coal plants need replacement, renewables with storage are now the cheapest option. Gas has become uncompetitive, and it's actually coal/gas prices driving bills up, not renewables.
The path forward: faster approvals, better competition, and switching homes to electric heat pumps and solar.
