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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111198
	The economics of heat pumps and the (un)intended consequences of government policy
	Barnes J.; Bhagavathy S.M.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	03014215
卷号	138
英文摘要	In Europe, space and water heating account for approximately 80% of final energy use in the domestic sector. For many European countries the electrification of heat provision, via heat pumps (HPs), provides a promising decarbonisation pathway. The UK is no different, but recently concerns have been raised about the financial attractiveness of HPs given how, through various policy choices, taxes and levies are applied more heavily on electricity bills than gas bills. In this paper, we critically examine this argument by assessing the financial attractiveness of HPs across their lifetime for a typical UK household and within the current UK tax and regulatory regime. The results suggest taxes and levies do weaken the economic case for HPs: their current distribution having an unintended impact on the economics of HPs. Nonetheless, they are not the only reason for HPs comparative financial disadvantage. Upfront costs and HP performance, both influence the extent to which taxes and levies impact the economics of HPs. The results have implications for the future deployment of HPs in the UK and point towards policies to increase deployment (to drive down costs) and increase HP performance as being important. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Heat pumps Low carbon space heating Renewable heat incentive Taxes and levies
英文关键词	Heat pump systems; Heating; Pumps; Taxation; Current distribution; Decarbonisation; Electricity bill; European Countries; Heat pumps; Low carbon; Regulatory regime; Renewable heat; Economic and social effects; alternative energy; energy market; energy policy; energy resource; governance approach; heat source; pump; United Kingdom
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/204561
作者单位	Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, United Kingdom; Energy and Power Group, Department of Engineering, University of OxfordOX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Barnes J.,Bhagavathy S.M.. The economics of heat pumps and the (un)intended consequences of government policy[J],2020,138.
APA	Barnes J.,&Bhagavathy S.M..(2020).The economics of heat pumps and the (un)intended consequences of government policy.Energy Policy,138.
MLA	Barnes J.,et al."The economics of heat pumps and the (un)intended consequences of government policy".Energy Policy 138(2020).