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Substation Overload: Are Heat Pumps Putting Our Grid at Risk?

Mar 21, 2025

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Craig Gallacher

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The UK and similar countries are well underway in transitioning to heat pumps, but it is not certain that consequences concerning the electrical grid have been properly considered. Gas boilers operate independent of the electrical grid, whilst heat pumps shift the heating demand completely into electricity. If this is scaled across entire streets, neighbourhoods and…

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Substation Overload: Are Heat Pumps Putting Our Grid at Risk?