Heat pumps are 🔥 right now.

In 2021 the global heat pump market grew by an impressive 13% - the highest growth rate ever recorded.

Even more impressive are the regional growth figures:

🇪🇺 Europe: 35%
🇺🇸 US: 15%
🇨🇳 China: 13%

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From 01 Oct to 09 Nov 2022 UK renewables generated 13 TWh of electricity.

For gas power stations to have generated the same amount of electricity would have required 27 TWh of gas.

New @[email protected] Winter Power Tracker out now: https://eciu.net/winter-power-tracker

Solar has huge potential for the world to move away from fossil fuels.

So much innovation happening. Hear from @[email protected] @[email protected] a leading solar company. We talk agrovoltaic, community solar & much more.

Great @[email protected] episode out now:
https://foresightdk.com/watt-matters-podcast/

Study number 33 that concludes:

"Hydrogen for heating is more expensive than heat pumps and district heating."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S036031992204900X

When @[email protected] @[email protected] announced in 2021 that they would offer a heat pump for £2,000 after the government grant making them as cheap as gas boiler for people they were laughed at.

Fast forward to November 2022 & they have delivered on their promise.

https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4059879/octopus-energy-halifax-team-gbp-heat-pump-offer

Awful and depressing news today that in 2022 global carbon emissions are up again.

Need for bold climate and energy policy has never been clearer #COP27.

@[email protected] @[email protected]

In Europe, heat demand and wind speeds are both much higher in winter.

This is a big opportunity for the electrification of heating and integration of wind power as this excellent paper by @[email protected] & @[email protected] @[email protected] shows.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988320303078

Buildings and construction contribute a whopping 37% (!) to global carbon emissions in 2021 making it the biggest end-use sector in terms of emissions.

New @[email protected] @[email protected] Status Report for Buildings and Construction is out.

https://globalabc.org/our-work/tracking-progress-global-status-report