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creators_name: Crawley, Jennifer
creators_name: Moore, Gemma
creators_name: Higginson, Sarah
creators_name: Elwell, Cliff
creators_name: Eyre, Nick
title: The Role of Domestic Heat Pumps in Providing Flexibility to the UK Electricity System
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F34
keywords: flexibility; heat pumps; demand response; electricity system; buildings
note: © 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/).
abstract: 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.
date: 2024-06-18
date_type: published
publisher: MDPI AG
official_url: https://doi.org/10.3390/en17122995
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2300355
doi: 10.3390/en17122995
lyricists_name: Crawley, Jennifer
lyricists_id: JALOV15
actors_name: Crawley, Jennifer
actors_id: JALOV15
actors_role: owner
funding_acknowledgements: EP/R035288/1 [Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council]
full_text_status: public
publication: Energies
volume: 17
number: 12
article_number: 2995
issn: 1996-1073
citation:        Crawley, Jennifer;    Moore, Gemma;    Higginson, Sarah;    Elwell, Cliff;    Eyre, Nick;      (2024)    The Role of Domestic Heat Pumps in Providing Flexibility to the UK Electricity System.                   Energies , 17  (12)    , Article 2995.  10.3390/en17122995 <https://doi.org/10.3390/en17122995>.       Green open access   
 
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