Jacob Klimstra, Electric Light and Power
Summary
In the quest for greener energy supplies and decarbonization, heating is a major focus. It is widely understood that it is necessary to eliminate or at least reduce the need for gas and oil to heat buildings. The solution needs to deliver greater efficiencies as well as the flexibility to balance the intermittency of renewable energy sources. In case district heating with “waste” heat is not an option, there really is only one viable alternative and that is electricity.
Of course, political drivers play a large role. Compliance with the Paris Agreement for reducing greenhouse gases dictates the reduction of fossil fuels, including natural gas and oil for home heating. Also, Britain’s North Sea gas supply is on the wane, while the Netherlands and other EU countries face declining reserves. Increasingly, countries are importing from the likes of Algeria, the Middle East and Russia but efforts are increasing to lower dependency on those sources.
Then there is the legal imperative. In the Netherlands, the government is phasing out gas supplies to domestic properties. Similarly, in Germany there is the multi-billion-Euro project to convert 30 percent of gas customers from less calorific to highly calorific gas by 2030. Also, Denmark recently announced funding for several large heat pump projects.
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