After the war began, the EU set a target of installing at least 10 million more heat pumps by 2027 as part of efforts to lessen its dependence on Russian gas but a subsequent boom in sales is now over
Steve, one of the issues is the age of the housing stock. Many homes and flats are several hundred years old. Most are heated with radiators, no air conditioning. They were fed by gas fired or oil fired boilers. The guvument wants them to replace them with basically a heat pump water heater. A few agreed, but they quickly found out the heat pump doesn't get the water hot enough to heat the home. The heat pump boiler runs nonstop so you get an outrageous power bill. The renewable promoters answer is to add a whole bunch of extra radiators to your home. That doesn't solve the power bill and makes a mess of the living space.
Al it would make sense, Europe famously only has air conditioning on 30-40% of there residences. I was mostly chatting with British affected by the new push. I hesitate to say owners as most people rent a "flat" in England. Regardless with the famous English rain and fog, it can get nippy in any season.
The only thing better than warm air out of the registers from gas furnace on a cold day is warming in front of my gas fireplace (with fan) watching the snow fall out the back window.
Steve, one of the issues is the age of the housing stock. Many homes and flats are several hundred years old. Most are heated with radiators, no air conditioning. They were fed by gas fired or oil fired boilers. The guvument wants them to replace them with basically a heat pump water heater. A few agreed, but they quickly found out the heat pump doesn't get the water hot enough to heat the home. The heat pump boiler runs nonstop so you get an outrageous power bill. The renewable promoters answer is to add a whole bunch of extra radiators to your home. That doesn't solve the power bill and makes a mess of the living space.
Thanks for bringing this out. Do they get such high power bills just in winter?
Al it would make sense, Europe famously only has air conditioning on 30-40% of there residences. I was mostly chatting with British affected by the new push. I hesitate to say owners as most people rent a "flat" in England. Regardless with the famous English rain and fog, it can get nippy in any season.
Electrification as speech meters.smart for compliance
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The only thing better than warm air out of the registers from gas furnace on a cold day is warming in front of my gas fireplace (with fan) watching the snow fall out the back window.