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Heating transition: Science argues about heat pumps and hydrogen!
Professor Roland Koenigsdorff from Biberach University analyzes the role of science in climate change and the heat transition.
Heating transition: Science argues about heat pumps and hydrogen!
Climate change and its management are the focus of current discussions about heating technologies. Roland Koenigsdorff, professor of simulation technology, energy concepts and geothermal energy at Biberach University, reports on various approaches to energy supply. Loud Schwäbische.de Experts expect 2024 to be the warmest year globally since industrialization began. Over 95 percent of climate scientists agree that human activity plays a decisive role in climate change.
Koenigsdorff points out that the effort to limit climate change is estimated to be lower than the expected costs and damage. Heat pumps could play a key role here. Although these require electricity and are more expensive to purchase than gas boilers, on average they deliver more than three times as much heat as they require in terms of electricity. The Institute for Building and Energy Systems has been researching the energy supply of buildings and neighborhoods for over 20 years.
Heat pumps and hydrogen
In the context of the debate about heating methods, a study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology shows that hydrogen is not necessary for decentralized building heating. Germany has sufficient potential for wind power and photovoltaics to ensure security of supply within a weather-dependent energy system. This is stated in a report by Energy-Experts.org confirmed.
The analysis makes it clear that although the increasing number of heat pumps increases electricity consumption, measures to react flexibly to fluctuations in production are possible. This could mean that despite a higher overall electricity requirement, the additional need for controllable power plant output remains moderate. A forecast for 2045 could predict a 70 percent increase in electricity consumption compared to 2022, while at the same time the necessary controllable power could see a net decrease compared to today's excess capacity.
– Submitted by West-East media