Overall, we are on best feasible path towards building electrification, although there are some uncertainties and some adjustments that we may need to make.
Carbon and Climate
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Networked ground source heat pumps
Networked ground source heat pumps offer an intriguing vision that speaks to several of the challenges in electrification.
Partial Conversions
In my previous posts about the economics of electrification, I’ve focused on whole home heat pump conversions and I’ve not adequately appreciated the economics of partial conversions.
The Municipal Rate Advantage
In the many municipalities with their own light department or a municipal aggregation program, the probability of operating savings is high, although cumulative operating savings may remain modest as compared to the capital costs of a heat pump conversion.
Heat Pump Economics
Even for a conversion from an oil burner, consumers should not count on operating savings from a heat pump conversion.
Heat pump performance
It seems very clear that we should generally expect actual heat pump performance materially below rated performance .