More photovoltaic systems, more heat pumps and one degree less room temperature: According to calculations by the energy company Eon, this could potentially save 103 terawatt hours of natural gas per year.
According to a calculation by the energy company Eon, households in Germany could make a “significant contribution” to greater independence from gas imports from Russia.
For the calculation, Eon assumed that ten percent of residential buildings in Germany with photovoltaic systems and 20 percent of private gas heating would be replaced by heat pumps. If the room temperature were then reduced by an average of one degree Celsius in all other apartments and houses with gas heating, this would result in savings of a total of 103 terawatt hours of natural gas per year, Eon announced in Munich.
This corresponds to almost a third of the amount of gas that Germany is currently importing from Russia. For comparison: the total gas consumption in Germany in 2021 was a good 1000 terawatt hours. Because of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, the German government is working to reduce dependence on energy supplies from Russia.
Eon admitted that the outlined switch to heat pumps and photovoltaics was a “strength over a longer period of time”. However, the climate would also benefit from the measures because more than 18 million tons of CO2 would be saved each year.
Source: Stern
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