Impacts of Heat Decarbonisation on Gas Networks

The decarbonisation of heat is a key reason for the future decrease of the consumption of gas in European countries. In this chapter, Great Britain is used as an example to demonstrate how decarbonisation of a gas dominated heat sector could affect the demand for natural gas. Partial electrification of heat through large scale use of heat pumps is a widely discussed decarbonisation option in GB. Therefore, in this chapter the focus is on heat pump technologies and understanding how their large scale roll out could affect the operation of gas networks.