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.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Role of Domestic Heat Pumps in Providing Flexibility to the UK Electricity System |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/en17122995 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/en17122995 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 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/). |
| Keywords: | flexibility; heat pumps; demand response; electricity system; buildings |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10195123 |
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