As of January 2024, heat pumps in Scotland generated less than half of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of CO2 equivalent per kilowatt-hour than those installed in Wales. A heat pump operating at 400 percent efficiency in England released 62 grams of CO2 equivalent GHG emissions per kilowatt-hour. The carbon footprint of fossil fuel heating systems in the UK as a whole was also much higher than that of heat pumps.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of selected heating systems in Great Britain as of January 2024, by country
(in g CO2e/kWh)
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Heat Pump Federation. (January 8, 2024). Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of selected heating systems in Great Britain as of January 2024, by country (in g CO2e/kWh) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440671/ghg-emissions-of-heating-systems-in-the-uk-by-region/
Heat Pump Federation. "Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of selected heating systems in Great Britain as of January 2024, by country (in g CO2e/kWh)." Chart. January 8, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440671/ghg-emissions-of-heating-systems-in-the-uk-by-region/
Heat Pump Federation. (2024). Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of selected heating systems in Great Britain as of January 2024, by country (in g CO2e/kWh). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440671/ghg-emissions-of-heating-systems-in-the-uk-by-region/
Heat Pump Federation. "Greenhouse Gas (Ghg) Emission Intensity of Selected Heating Systems in Great Britain as of January 2024, by Country (in G Co2e/Kwh)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440671/ghg-emissions-of-heating-systems-in-the-uk-by-region/
Heat Pump Federation, Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of selected heating systems in Great Britain as of January 2024, by country (in g CO2e/kWh) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440671/ghg-emissions-of-heating-systems-in-the-uk-by-region/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of selected heating systems in Great Britain as of January 2024, by country (in g CO2e/kWh) [Graph], Heat Pump Federation, January 8, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440671/ghg-emissions-of-heating-systems-in-the-uk-by-region/