Influence of massive heat-pump introduction on the electricity-generation mix and the GHG effect: Comparison between Belgium, France, Germany and The Netherlands

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2140-2158

  Luickx, Patrick J ^a   Helsen, Lieve M ^a   D'haeseleer, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Dynamic simulation; Electricity generation system; France; Germany; Greenhouse gas (GHG); Heat pump; Promix; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS PLANTS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEALTH; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANTS; PUMPS; REDUCTION;

BELGIUM (CO); CO EFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE (COP); COMBINED CYCLING; DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; ELECTRICAL PLANTS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSIONS (ASPHALT); ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FUEL HEATING; GAS-FIRED; GERMANY; GHG EMISSIONS; GREEN HOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSIONS; HEAT PUMPING; HEATING DEVICES; NETHERLANDS; RESISTANCE HEATING; SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 47549113093     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2007.01.030     Document Type: Review

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