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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
In the UK there over 25 million domestic dwellings. More than 80% of these homes depend on gas boilers to provide space and hot water heating. Against the context of dwindling UK gas reserves, increased sensitivity to ga...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED
The project is specifically focused on alternative heating systems involving renewable and electric components, which directly addresses the question.
Load Shifting Community Scale Renewable Heating will act as a virtual power plant providing dynamic demand response and enabling seamless and instantaneous shifting of MWhs of electricity (both by removing the load from ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: THENERGY LTD
The project explores load shifting and thermal energy storage in renewable heating, which is relevant to the question about alternative hybrid heating solutions.
Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd (SLE) has developed an adaptively controlled hybrid-renewable residential heating and hot water system that can provide 100% of a household’s annual space heating and hot water requiremen...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: SHARP LABORATORIES OF EUROPE, LTD.
The project focuses on adaptively controlled hybrid-renewable residential heating, which aligns with the question about alternative hybrid heating solutions.