Yet another report, detailing geothermal heat pumps' (GHP) importance in limiting grid peak demand, was recently published by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance. Entitled "An Analysis of the Impacts of All-Electric Heat Pumps and Peak Mitigation Technologies on Peak Power Demand in Ontario", the report estimates that during winter peaks, GHP…
Yet another report, detailing geothermal heat pumps' (GHP) importance in limiting grid peak demand, was recently published by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance. Entitled "An Analysis of the Impacts of All-Electric Heat Pumps and Peak Mitigation Technologies on Peak Power Demand in Ontario", the report estimates that during winter peaks, GHP units would, on average, draw less than half as much electricity as air-source heat pumps. Thus, the grid infrastructure required to support GHP is much less than that required to support air-source systems.
While today there are many who advocate replacing fossil fuel systems with any kind of heat pump, I think we'll find that at some point in the future, the same effort will be invested in convincing people to convert from air-source to geothermal heat pumps.
Yet another report, detailing geothermal heat pumps' (GHP) importance in limiting grid peak demand, was recently published by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance. Entitled "An Analysis of the Impacts of All-Electric Heat Pumps and Peak Mitigation Technologies on Peak Power Demand in Ontario", the report estimates that during winter peaks, GHP units would, on average, draw less than half as much electricity as air-source heat pumps. Thus, the grid infrastructure required to support GHP is much less than that required to support air-source systems.
While today there are many who advocate replacing fossil fuel systems with any kind of heat pump, I think we'll find that at some point in the future, the same effort will be invested in convincing people to convert from air-source to geothermal heat pumps.
https://www.cleanairalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Heat-Pump-Peak-Report-FINAL.pdf