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Heat networks
Why heat networks can pump up savings
These legacy heat networks must be fully optimised and operating at maximum efficiency and lower temperatures before retrofitting new low carbon technologies, such as heat pumps, or connecting to energy-from-waste schemes. This will maximise financial and environmental performance to deliver low carbon heat at the most affordable price.
Heat pumps are seen as the prevailing solution for lower carbon heat networks, but without grant assistance, economic viability is currently tricky. However, as the industry rapidly scales and costs reduce, heat networks are ideally placed to lead the switch to heat pumps for 6 reasons. 1. Flexibility
Communal heating schemes are ‘fuel agnostic’ and can be converted to other heat sources with relative ease and minimal disruption. The sector can thus provide much greater flexibility in shifting to renewables than conventional individual heating systems. 2. Economy of scale - It stands to reason that a single central energy centre is more economical
than many costly individual heat pumps. In addition, costs can be reduced by using a combination of energy sources. 3. Thermal storage – is the cheapest method of storing energy and can be delivered more effectively and economically when managed in bulk via a heat network. 4. Grid connection – The high cost of site power grid connection for heat pumps can be minimised by using progressive control and optimisation strategies, including thermal storage, to minimise capacity requirements. Heat networks with heat pumps and thermal storage also benefit from flexibility contracts to help reduce the costs of heating. 5. Combine on-site solar generation – Solar panels can provide low-cost, 100% renewable power for heat pumps on networks – avoiding paying premium domestic rates for grid-supplied electricity and providing long term budget certainty. 6. Noise and space - individual domestic heat pumps can be noisy and space consuming. Large scale centralised heat pumps on heat networks solve these problems.
Towards Net Zero
By developing and retrofitting the next tier of low and zero carbon heat networks, heat suppliers can deliver low-cost, efficient heating to homes, while supporting the government’s net zero target and meeting regulatory requirements.
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