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Electrification of residential and commercial heating

In: Handbook on Electricity Markets

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  • Mathilde Fajardy
  • David M. Reiner

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Heating and cooling are responsible for 54per cent of the world's final energy consumption, and 42per cent of global CO2emissions. With an increasinglydecarbonisedelectricity grid, the electrification of heating offers one potential alternative to the incumbent,heavilyfossil fueldominated heating system. However, the high penetration of renewables, the high seasonality and hourly variability of heat demand, and an increasingdomesticdemand for energy services, including cooling, pose significant balancing challenges for both hourly system operation andthelong-term investment decision planning of electricity systems. The combination of both demand-response measures and the integration of flexible systems will be required to deliver low carbon heating and cooling, while integrating an increasing share of renewable electricity, and managing peak load. This chapter discusses thetechnical, economic and policychallenges and opportunities todecarboniseheating demand through electrification, in the context of an increasing demand for cooling services.

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  • Mathilde Fajardy & David M. Reiner, 2021. "Electrification of residential and commercial heating," Chapters, in: Jean-Michel Glachant & Paul L. Joskow & Michael G. Pollitt (ed.), Handbook on Electricity Markets, chapter 19, pages 506-539, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Rodriguez-Pastor, D.A. & Becerra, J.A. & Chacartegui, R., 2023. "Adaptation of residential solar systems for domestic hot water (DHW) to hybrid organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) distributed generation," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 263(PD).

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