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Re:Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time by nindalf on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:51PM (#35906590)
Burning fuel is pretty efficient, until you realise that heat pumps have an efficiency greater than 1. So a heat pump driven by electricity uses less energy than burning fuel in a boiler. If the electricity is renewable, so much the better.
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Re:Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time by krupan on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:56PM (#35906668)
Heat pumps, however, do not work in all climates
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Re:Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time by Negitivefrags on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:06PM (#35906857)
The range of climates that heat pumps work in has expanded a lot in recent years. Some modern heat pumps work efficiently down to -20C or lower.
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Re:Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time by proto_lambda on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:06PM (#35906860)
I'd be surprised if there was anywhere in the UK where modern low-temperature heat pumps regularly don't work.
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Re:Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time by slashdev on Thursday May 11, 2023 @08:19PM (#35910218)
True, I forgot about heat pumps. That’s one of the few times physics let’s you “cheat”.
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