Arbeitspapier
Power-to-heat for renewable energy integration: Technologies, modeling approaches, and flexibility potentials
Flexibly coupling power and heat sectors may contribute to both renewable energy integration and decarbonization. We present a literature review of modelbased analyses in this field, focusing on residential heating. We compare geographical and temporal research scopes and identify state-of-the-art analytical model formulations, particularly concerning heat pumps and thermal storage. While numerical findings are idiosyncratic to specific assumptions, a synthesis of results generally indicates that power-to-heat technologies can cost-effectively contribute to fossil fuel substitution, renewable integration, and decarbonization. Heat pumps and passive thermal storage emerge as particularly favorable options.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 1677
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Wirtschaft
Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
Externalities
Alternative Energy Sources
- Subject
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power-to-heat
renewable energy
decarbonization
heat pump
thermal energy storage
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bloess, Andreas
Schill, Wolf-Peter
Zerrahn, Alexander
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Veröffentlichung
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
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Berlin
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2017
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- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Bloess, Andreas
- Schill, Wolf-Peter
- Zerrahn, Alexander
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Time of origin
- 2017