As of January 2024, heat pumps at 400 percent efficiency generated the lowest amount of emissions of direct electric heating in the United Kingdom (UK). Heat pumps operating at a lower efficiency level (320 percent) also had much lower emissions than any other type of heating system. Meanwhile, direct electric heating generated on average slightly more greenhouse gas emissions of CO2 equivalent GHG emissions per kilowatt-hour.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of different heating systems in the United Kingdom as of January 2024
(in g CO2e/kWh)
Characteristic
Grams of CO2 equivalent emissions per kilowatt-hour
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Heat Pump Federation. (January 8, 2024). Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of different heating systems in the United Kingdom as of January 2024 (in g CO2e/kWh) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440627/ghg-emissions-of-heating-systems-uk/
Heat Pump Federation. "Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of different heating systems in the United Kingdom as of January 2024 (in g CO2e/kWh)." Chart. January 8, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440627/ghg-emissions-of-heating-systems-uk/
Heat Pump Federation. (2024). Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of different heating systems in the United Kingdom as of January 2024 (in g CO2e/kWh). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440627/ghg-emissions-of-heating-systems-uk/
Heat Pump Federation. "Greenhouse Gas (Ghg) Emission Intensity of Different Heating Systems in The United Kingdom as of January 2024 (in G Co2e/Kwh)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440627/ghg-emissions-of-heating-systems-uk/
Heat Pump Federation, Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of different heating systems in the United Kingdom as of January 2024 (in g CO2e/kWh) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440627/ghg-emissions-of-heating-systems-uk/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of different heating systems in the United Kingdom as of January 2024 (in g CO2e/kWh) [Graph], Heat Pump Federation, January 8, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440627/ghg-emissions-of-heating-systems-uk/
