Residential heat pumps linked to solar-plus-storage achieve higher seasonal performance factor

Researchers at Germany’s Frauhofer ISE analyzed the performance of a residential heat pump connected to a rooftop PV system w/ battery storage

A group of researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) investigated the performance of smart grid-ready heat pumps (HPs) combined with rooftop solar power generation and battery storage in single-family houses and found that both PV arrays and batteries can significantly improve the performance of the heat pumps.

Smart grid-ready HPs can be switched off by the grid operator during high grid load periods. They also offer the advantage of maximizing PV self-consumption by adjusting their operation based on available solar power.

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Source: PV Magazine

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