Heating Sector Decarbonization With Renewable Gas and Power-to-Heat

DOI

10.2991/ahe.k.210202.024How to use a DOI?

Keywords

decarbonization, grid tariff, heat pump, green gas, SNG, power-to-heat, heating

Abstract

Deep decarbonization, which comprehends activities whose aim is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in all economic sectors, is necessary to reach the goals of the Paris agreement. Consumption of fossil fuels in individual buildings is an important source of emissions. In this paper we study the economic feasibility of decarbonizing heat generation in natural gas heated buildings in two European countries. Heat pumps and substitution of fossil natural gas by synthetic natural gas (SNG) are studied as solutions for decarbonization in both Finnish and German conditions. We find that in both countries the SNG solution substantially increases the consumer’s heating costs. Heat pump turned out to be economically viable in Finland while in Germany the high surcharges on green electricity made the heat pump solution unattractive.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Robert Weiss
AU  - Heidi Saastamoinen
AU  - Jussi Ikäheimo
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/02/04
TI  - Heating Sector Decarbonization With Renewable Gas and Power-to-Heat
BT  - Proceedings of the 14th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference 2020 (IRES 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 161
EP  - 170
SN  - 2589-4943
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahe.k.210202.024
DO  - 10.2991/ahe.k.210202.024
ID  - Weiss2021
ER  -