Most of the heat delivered by heat pumps is renewable since it is captured from the air, ground or water heated by the sun. Increasing the share of renwables in the electrical grid, a development described in REMR 2017, makes electrical driven heat pumps even more renewable. IEA’s recent publication Energy Technology Perspectives 2017 (ETP 2017) shows that heat pumping technologies are a critical enabler to reach climatic ambitions and their deployment needs to be at least tenfold compared to a reference technology scenario.
The Renewable Market Report 2017 (REMR 2017) provides a detailed market analysis and overview of renewable electricity capacity and generation, biofuels production, and heat consumption, as well as a forecast for the period between 2017 and 2022. The report also identifies a set of policy improvements in key markets that could accelerate the growth of renewables.