Communications Earth & Environment (Mar 2023)

Replacing gas boilers with heat pumps is the fastest way to cut German gas consumption

  • Pietro P. Altermatt,
  • Jens Clausen,
  • Heiko Brendel,
  • Christian Breyer,
  • Christoph Gerhards,
  • Claudia Kemfert,
  • Urban Weber,
  • Matthew Wright

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00715-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Installing heat pumps instead of traditional gas boilers for heating purposes could lead to a drastic reduction in the consumption of natural gas in Germany, according to numerical simulations that combine gas and electricity markets