Yesterday #Fortum, the local heating utility in Espoo, Finland, has shut down their last remaining coal plant at #Suomenoja.
One year ahead of schedule.
Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/d-RIOlkhLoE Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/1bbe3caf Sean and I talk about heat pumps and the when, why and how of them for heating water. Hot water heat pumps are gaining in popularity, but are they a good idea?
It is great to see heat pump manufacturers working with innovators to make both new and existing heat pumps smarter: preventing overheating and underheating, and responding to (dynamic) energy prices - saving energy, emissions, the grid and money.
As heat pumps proliferate so does #misinformation about them.
"#HeatPumps are a mature technology and in countries such as Norway, Sweden and Finland, they are the dominant heating technology. For the first time in 2022, heat pumps outsold gas boilers in the US – and they continued to do so in 2023.
Yet, in major economies such as the UK and Germany, heat pumps are the subject of hostile and misleading reporting across many mainstream media outlets."
Did you get a $15k quote for #HeatPumps swap from your central #methane furnace? Are heat load calculators really still this hard to use or are sales bros just not doing the work? We had cardboard #sliderules that did it in the 80's. LMAO just wait for the coldest day and measure it @TechConnectify 🤣
Germany's 2023 Heating Act phases out gas and oil heaters for homes.
Now, a watershed moment:
the country's largest heating manufacturer stops installing gas heaters.
"Thermondo, Germany's largest heating installer, is removing gas heating from its lineup. The future lies in #HeatPumps and climate-neutral technologies."
"What Would Happen if Every American Got a Heat Pump
Getting these climate superheroes into more US homes would massively cut emissions, and it would be cost-effective. Here’s how the revolution would play out."
It's not abortion or trans issues that is making 2024 such a crazy election year with so much influence from corporations and foreign countries.
It's because the fossil fuel industry clearly sees that democracy is heading towards ending the gravy train they've been riding while driving our planet to catastrophe.
Anyways, that's my opinion as I see more and more stories like this.
"The board at 420 Beekman Hill, a 110-unit co-op at 420 East 51st St., is pioneering large-scale heat pump technology to meet the city’s Local Law 97 emission requirements. The ambitious $3.2 million project will replace the building’s steam heating, cooling and hot water system with rooftop heat pumps and basement heat exchangers, ...project was facilitated by the NYC Accelerator, a clean energy incubator. "
"#Schools can install #HeatPumps that “significantly reduce the #climate impact” while still [heating AND] cooling their buildings."
As for the school buses: the trick is to convince parents to make their children ride the bus instead of driving them to school.
But certainly, the school bus needs to be electric. Why should our children have to breathe those diesel fumes? WiFi on board would be very inviting.
@andrewfeeney@janrosenow Typically resistance heating is one of the most costly and most inefficient ways of heating. I expect a bitcoin miner to be an even worse space heater as it will use some of the energy for computations.
What makes #heatpumps so efficient is that they take a lot of thermal energy from the environment (e.g. outside air) which allows them to deliver 3x more thermal energy compared to the electricity required to run them.
As part of "some stuff I'm doing", I'm looking at new housing developments in #Birmingham, UK. Apart from the appalling demise of green spaces and British industry which is being greedily gobbled up by the property #grifters as well as the jaw-dropping prices for what are/were shitty neighbourhoods, I note shoddy energy planning, to boot. Like "electric panel heating" (COP 1.0). For new housing in UK in 2024. A 1-bed £250k flat. WTAF?