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					</table><p>A typical household in Germany, Spain, and Italy saved over €2,800 (~$3,000) on their energy bills by installing the combination of a 7-8 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system with electricity-based heat pumps, a recent report released by <a href="https://www.solarpowereurope.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SolarPower Europe</a>, a member-led association for the European solar PV sector said.</p>
<p>Italy tops the three European countries as individual homes saved €3,766 (~$4,030.6) in the last year. It was followed by Germany where a typical household saved €3,614 (~$3,867.8), and Spain where each household saved around €2,831 (~$3,029.8), the report said.</p>
<p>The saving account for 62% of the total energy bill in Germany, 84% in Spain, and 83% in Italy.</p>
<p>The report found that an individual household in Germany, Spain, and Italy that installed only solar PV save up to 22% or €1,263 (~$1,350), 40% or €1,352 (~$1,445.5), and 64% or €2,935 (~$3,137.9) on their energy bills.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Solar-Heat-Pumps.png"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-50750 size-full" src="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Solar-Heat-Pumps.png" alt="Solar Heat Pumps" width="602" height="278" srcset="https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Solar-Heat-Pumps.png 602w, https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Solar-Heat-Pumps-300x139.png 300w, https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Solar-Heat-Pumps-600x277.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" /></a></p>
<p><em>Figure 1: Annual savings in percentage for homes with different power and heating technologies in Germany, Spain, and Italy in 2022. Source: SolarPower Europe</em></p>
<p>The total heat pump installations increased by 42% to reach 2.4 million units in Europe last year. Owing to a notable increase in the adoption of solar systems, the total annual solar PV installations also increased by 47% to 41.4 GW in Europe last year.</p>
<p>While a typical German household paid an energy bill of €5,850 (~$6,254) without installing the combo, those who installed an 8 kW solar PV with heat pump paid only €2,230 (~$2,384) in 2022.</p>
<p>Further, to avail effective benefits from installing the combination of solar PV and heat pumps, it is crucial for households to install a buffer storage tank alongside the heat pump, so the warm water can be stored and utilized later.</p>
<p>The report projects that the average buffer storage sizes of such tanks in Italy and Spain would be 400-800 litres.</p>
<p><strong>Heating demand and solar PV</strong></p>
<p>The rapid spike in energy prices that started in 2021 boosted the demand for electricity-based heat, and heat pump is the key technology used for this purpose. The heat pump market in Europe grew by nearly 38% in 2022, as 20 million heat pumps were installed in the EU.</p>
<p>Policy Director at SolarPower Europe Dries Acke observed, &#8220;European policymakers need to bring the benefits of gas-free homes to the wider population. Payback times must be reduced for new solar PV + heat pumps by supporting household upfront investment and offering loans at low-interest rates. Policy makers should also level the playing field and end all state support for fossil gas heating.”</p>
<p>An IEA <a href="https://mercomindia.com/installed-capacity-heat-pumps-grow-2-6-times-2030/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> said that the sales of heat pumps are expected to soar to record levels this decade as countries look to shift away from fossil fuel dependence for heating requirements.</p>
<p>Last May, the European Commission said it would work towards <a href="https://mercomindia.com/eu-proposes-mandatory-rooftop-solar-for-all-new-buildings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">doubling</a> the deployment rate of heat pumps and measures to integrate geothermal and solar thermal energy in communal heating systems.</p>
<p>Image Courtesy: SolarPower Europe</p>
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<p><strong style="text-decoration: underline">Gourav,</strong> Staff reporter at Mercom India<br />
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