Euractiv
Summary
Today’s district heating systems across Europe are mostly legacy systems operating mostly on fossil fuels. Usually, the excess heat from a power station or industrial plant is then transported through pipes to heat homes and businesses around the surrounding area.
However, there is significant potential for using these distribution systems with new sources of energy. And some stakeholders argue that power-to-heat technologies could be a good solution, as they use renewable energy for heating.
By converting electricity into heat, power-to-heat technologies have the potential to help raise the share of renewable energy in the district heating sector. Power-to-heat could be particularly important in large heating systems which, due to their high heat demand, and with a lack of local renewables, are the most difficult to decarbonise.
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