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Prioritizing electrification

The urgency to decarbonize the building sector has caught global attention in the lead-up to the COP26 summit, commencing on Oct. 31. Wood Mackenzie’s Ben Hertz-Shargel says that success will require a two-pronged strategy of massively electrifying building heat over the coming decade, while also investing in technologies that can pick up future heating demand if the grid cannot handle it.

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pv magazine

05 Oct 2021

Source: Wood Mackenzie Grid Edge Service/U.S. Energy Information Administration

Residential and commercial buildings are expected to make up 12% of global emissions through 2050. The International Energy Agency (IEA) says that fossil-fueled and conventional electric heating appliances make up 70% to 80% of new sales today, with developing countries such as India and China blackening their air with emissions of solid fuels such as …

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