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Evaluation of the potential of heat pumps in the reduction of energy consumption in energy communities: a case study in a Mediterranean district.

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Author(s) : MASIP X., BOCCIA R., NAVARRO-PERIS E.

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Energy communities play a key role to move towards a low-carbon and decentralized energy system with higher penetration of renewable energies, offering new opportunities for citizens to actively participate in the energy transition. However, the term energy community is widely addressed in literature as photovoltaic systems shared by several users to cover their electricity needs. The present work describes the georeferenced modelling and assessment of potential domestic hot water energy communities based on heat pumps thermal energy communities in 150 residential buildings in a representative Mediterranean city. With the objective of contributing to the development of this concept in the literature and provide insights on the potential at a district level for its energy transition. The aggregated economic and emission savings of domestic hot water in the district can reach up to 85% and 73% respectively for heat pumps. The analysis shows that the implementation of domestic hot water energy communities could represent a significant reduction in the CO2 emissions of the residential sector using the air as a heat source with a reduced cost compared with individual air source heat pump systems.

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  • Original title: Evaluation of the potential of heat pumps in the reduction of energy consumption in energy communities: a case study in a Mediterranean district.
  • Record ID : 30033246
  • Languages: English
  • Source: 14th IEA Heat Pump Conference 2023, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Publication date: 2023/05

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