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France cuts heating emissions ten times faster than UK with heat pump roll-out

Thursday, 20 July 2023 Robin Whitlock

A new report reveals France is cutting carbon from heating buildings ten times faster than the UK by deploying more than ten times the number of heat pumps.

Heat pump industry calls for political certainty for shift to clean energy

Monday, 17 July 2023 Robin Whitlock Industry representatives have issued a statement to urge clear policies for heat pumps in order to support the European net zero sector in which 5 billion Euros worth of investment is planned over just ...

SP Energy Networks to create a ‘digital twin’ of UK electricity network

Tuesday, 04 July 2023 Robin Whitlock SP Energy Networks is set to create a ‘digital twin’ of the country’s electricity network that will model and test digital solutions to managing increased electricity demand on its real-life counterpart ...

Heat pumps: Europe’s buildings avoid more emissions than ever

Wednesday, 28 June 2023 Robin Whitlock The latest market report from the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) has found that, with France in the lead, Europe’s buildings sector is displacing more greenhouse gases than ever before, thanks ...

Ukraine

Ukraine’s DTEK planning 2.4 billion euro upgrade for war-hit energy grid in Kyiv region

Thursday, 22 June 2023 Robin Whitlock Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK has announced that it is planning to transform its war-shattered electricity network in areas surrounding Kyiv by building a smart grid capable of withstanding ...

Europe to add over 43 million heat pumps by 2030, providing heat to half its buildings

Tuesday, 20 June 2023 Robin Whitlock New projections from the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) reveal that European countries will be able to add around 43.2 million heating and hot water pumps in the next eight years, on top of the ...

Octopus Energy and Legal & General make Britain’s biggest investment in ground source heat pumps

Tuesday, 16 May 2023 Robin Whitlock Octopus Energy’s generation arm and Legal & General Capital are turbocharging Britain’s heat pump rollout by investing £70 million in leading manufacturer and installer of ground source heat pumps, ...

Swedish heat pump company Qvantum wins German award for unique heat pump.

Wednesday, 22 March 2023 Robin Whitlock Swedish heat pump company Qvantum has received the German ISH Design Plus award for its brand-new apartment heat pump, which is so compact that it can be installed, for example, under a kitchen sink and ...

Chung-Ang University researchers develop forecasting model for efficient grid management

Wednesday, 01 March 2023 Robin Whitlock Researchers from Chung-Ang University in South Korea have developed a deep learning-based forecasting model to manage uncertainties relating to the development of renewable energy sources integrated into ...

Hitachi Energy launches next generation TXpert solution to digitalise transformers

Wednesday, 22 February 2023 Robin Whitlock Global technology company Hitachi Energy has launched its next-generation TXpert Hub, aimed at digitalising transformers by aggregating, storing, and analysing the information received from the transformer's ...