Researchers in Finland say that decentralized heat pumps could provide significant cost savings when selling surplus heat into district networks. However, they warned that capital expenditure remains high.Embedding local, decentralized heat pumps (HPs) into a district heating system could cut operating expenses by 24%, according to new research from the Aalto University in Finland. The scientists said that heat pumps could achieve significant cost savings when they push surplus heat into district networks, based on a case study of six buildings in Espoo, Finland. The buildings were all connected ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...