L R AS Published on Saturday 10 February 2024 - n° 475 - Categories:heat pump
New optimisation method for heat pumps
Chinese scientists have developed a new optimisation method for medium-depth ground source heat pumps,
L R AS Published on Saturday 3 February 2024 - n° 474 - Categories:heat pump
Heat pump manufacturers don't want to be forgotten
The delay of the EU action plan on heat pumps is jeopardising a key European industry, warn 61 business leaders in a letter to the President of the European Commission. They claim that the delay threatens
L R AS Published on Saturday 27 January 2024 - n° 473 - Categories:heat pump
In Germany, 50% increase in the number of heat pump installations by 2023
The installation of heat pumps in Germany rose by more than 50% in 2023, reaching 356,000 units, according to the German Heat Pump Association. This is the second year
L R AS Published on Sunday 17 December 2023 - n° 470 - Categories:heat pump
Is it worth switching from gas heating to a heat pump?
British researchers have analysed replacing gas heating with a heat pump. They found that energy demand could increase by more than
L R AS Published on Saturday 30 September 2023 - n° 459 - Categories:heat pump
Heat pump manufacturers complain about inconsistent legislation
The European heat pump industry is being "threatened" by inconsistent legislation and unfavourable electricity/gas price ratios, the European Heat Pump Association (EPHA) said today. However, "in 2022,
L R AS Published on Saturday 23 September 2023 - n° 458 - Categories:heat pump, electric vehicles, panels
What is the effect of integrating heat pumps, EVs and PV into networks?
What is the effect of the potential integration of heat pumps, electric vehicles and photovoltaic systems into distribution networks? Particularly where the grid is already congested, as in the Netherlands? The Netherlands is currently facing serious network capacity problems, at a time when more and more renewable energy projects, particularly solar, are coming on line.
L R AS Published on Saturday 16 September 2023 - n° 457 - Categories:heat pump
Heat pumps are more efficient than conventional heating systems
A review of seven heat pump field studies from around the world revealed that "air-source units have an average coefficient of performance (COP) of 2.74 when temperatures are above -10°C. Below that,
L R AS Published on Sunday 10 September 2023 - n° 456 - Categories:heat pump
Reducing the size of solar thermal systems with heat pumps
North American scientists have developed a new methodology for reducing the surface area required to install solar thermal systems (STS). They have linked them
AS Published on Sunday 18 June 2023 - n° 450 - Categories:heat pump
Alongside batteries, heat pumps look like the future
Vargas, Northvolt's parent company, has launched Aira, a new commercial venture that will sell heat pumps on a monthly basis. The company is in a pilot phase in Italy and will be extended to Germany and the UK.
AS Published on Monday 12 June 2023 - n° 449 - Categories:heat pump
Heat pumps to heat cities!
The Agora Energiewende consultancy and the Fraunhofer IEG Institute have studied the benefits of using large heat pumps in Germany. The study concludes that these heat pumps could cover
L R AS Published on Monday 12 June 2023 - n° 449 - Categories:heat pump
UK survey on heat pumps and gas heating
A survey of 2,500 residential heat pump owners and 1,000 gas boiler owners in the UK found that
L R AS Published on Monday 12 June 2023 - n° 449 - Categories:heat pump
Obstacles to the development of heat pumps
The European Heat Pump Association and the European Climate Foundation have listed the following obstacles to the widespread use of heat pumps
AS Published on Sunday 4 June 2023 - n° 448 - Categories:heat pump
Sonnen uses heat pumps to stabilise the network
Sonnen has introduced a new software solution to seamlessly integrate heat pumps into the energy supply of private households and improve grid stability. It operates the heat pumps
L R AS Published on Monday 15 May 2023 - n° 445 - Categories:heat pump
New thermo-acoustic heat pump system
Chinese companies have developed a new thermo-acoustic heat pump system for residential applications. "The system consists of a simple thermo-acoustic energy conversion unit.
L R AS Published on Monday 15 May 2023 - n° 445 - Categories:Germany, heat pump
Heat pump sales outstrip gas heating sales in Germany
In the1st quarter, sales of heat pumps more than doubled in Germany (up 111% to 96,500 units). At the same time, sales of gas- and oil-fired heating systems rose by