The Application of Electric Heat Pumps in Combination with Solar Heating

摘要

Major solar heating projects are gaining momentum across Europe, as carbon taxes and environmentally friendly incentives make it increasingly attractive to find carbon-neutral methods of heating. With most of the fossil fuels today being used for heating purposes, solar heating offers a green alternative. For all such new solar heating installations, there is an environmental and capital incentive of adding a heat pump to the installation. Whereas a complete solar district-heating scheme can require payback times of up to 20 years, the additional cost of a heat pump added to a solar heating installation has shown payback of less than one year.