TY  - JOUR
SN  - 1996-1073
A1  - Crawley, Jennifer
A1  - Moore, Gemma
A1  - Higginson, Sarah
A1  - Elwell, Cliff
A1  - Eyre, Nick
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3390/en17122995
Y1  - 2024/06/18/
IS  - 12
KW  - flexibility; heat pumps; demand response; electricity system; buildings
AV  - public
JF  - Energies
N2  - Widespread adoption of residential heat pumps is predicted to create challenges for national and local electricity systems. Flexible operation of heat pumps could help smooth peak demand and better utilise renewables. Achieving these benefits involves many stakeholders from the heat pump and electricity sectors with different perspectives and expectations. This work brought together 52 experts from different parts of the UK system to discuss and debate the role of heat pump flexibility in a decarbonised electricity system in 2035. A co-production research model was adopted, designed to integrate diverse forms of knowledge and perspectives in the co-production of knowledge on heat pump flexibility. A series of participatory activities were undertaken including a one-day workshop. Elements of a common vision emerged, such as the anticipated widespread flexible operation of heat pumps as the cheapest way of running a heat pump and the likelihood of a highly automated and remote-controlled manner of operation. Disagreements and unknowns also emerged. This work aims to support stakeholders in planning for the social, technical and economic aspects of flexible heat pump operation in their own organisations.
PB  - MDPI AG
VL  - 17
TI  - The Role of Domestic Heat Pumps in Providing Flexibility to the UK Electricity System
ID  - discovery10195123
N1  - © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
ER  -