Image: Dandelion Energy Over the next two years, homebuilder Lennar is outfitting more than 1,500 new Colorado homes with Dandelion Energy’s geothermal systems in one of the largest residential geothermal rollouts in the US. The big draw for homeowners is lower energy bills and cleaner heating and cooling. Dandelion claims Lennar homeowners with geothermal systems … Continue reading “1,500 new Colorado homes will come with geothermal heat pumps”
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For most U.S. homes, heat pumps are a no-brainer: They can lower energy bills and eventually pay for themselves all while slashing carbon emissions. But the economics don’t work in favor of heat pumps for every home — and particularly not for those in states that have high electricity prices relative to those of fossil gas. … Continue reading “How closing the ‘spark gap’ can boost heat pump adoption”
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U.S. manufacturers rely on more than 30,000 small industrial boilers to make a large number of things: foods, drinks, paper, chemicals, clothes, electronics, furniture, transportation equipment, and more. The vast majority of these smaller boilers burn fossil fuels — mostly gas, but sometimes coal or oil. Their emissions contribute not only to climate change but to smoggy … Continue reading “This map shows where to swap out industrial boilers for heat pumps”
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Unger pointed out that consumers don’t change home heating appliances as frequently as cars, a nod to the recent growth of electric vehicle sales. Contractors are also apt to move cautiously because they want to be sure that a technology will work for their business model before committing to it. A medley of factors are causing heat pump … Continue reading “Heat pumps keep widening their lead on gas furnaces”
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Sponsored by TE Connectivity. Manufacturers and operators of systems with complex electrical infrastructures need reliable, proven options to insulate components against heat and electric current, provide strain relief for connectors and joints/splices, and protect and seal electric cable, wiring and components against water ingress, exposure to chemicals and damage from abrasion or bending. Today, heat … Continue reading “Download the heat shrink tubing technology guide for high voltage EV applications”
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Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips, and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. Micah Parkin wanted to quash her home’s carbon pollution to help fight climate change. So she took a familiar step among climate-inclined homeowners: She got a heat pump — just … Continue reading “Geothermal heat pumps are crazy efficient. Should you get one?”
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National Grid had proposed a technology-neutral “electrification rate” that would have offered a discounted rate to high-volume electric consumers, whether the power demand was coming from an efficient heat pump, inefficient electric resistance heat, or even a pool heater. Environmental activists, advocates for low-income households, a solar industry group, the state energy department, and the state attorney general all … Continue reading “Mass. regulator orders National Grid to set lower winter rate for heat pumps”
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Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips, and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. Canary thanks EnergySage for its support of the column. The home inspection report painted a pretty bleak picture. We were about to close on a charming 1940 colonial, but it … Continue reading “Getting a heat pump took some effort. Here’s what I learned.”
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All in all, “things have worked pretty well the way they are supposed to,” said Doug Lewin, president of the Texas-based energy consultancy Stoic Energy. “It’s not overstating it at all to say that solar and storage has been determinative” in keeping the ERCOT grid steady through trying heat waves this year. In fact, Lewin wrote … Continue reading “Solar and batteries are helping Texas weather heat waves. Here’s how.”
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Photo: Cala Systems Startup Cala Systems, which makes seriously smart heat pump water heaters, has secured $5.6 million in seed funding and commercially launched its product. The round was led by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and Clean Energy Venture Group, and included Burnt Island Ventures, Leap Forward Ventures, CapeVista Capital, Collaborative Fund, and Climate Capital. Cala’s efficient and intelligent heat pump system … Continue reading “This startup’s heat pump water heater syncs with your solar”