Image: Cost and exergy for heating energy in Finland

Description: Costs of heating (vertical axis) compared with the exergy content of different energy carriers (horizontal axis) in Finland. Energy carriers included are district heating (D), ground-source heat pump (G), exhaust air heat pump (A), bioenergy meaning firewood (B), heating oil (O) and direct electric heating (E). Red dots and trend line indicates energy prices for consumers, blue dots and trend line indicates total price for consumers including capital expenditure for the heating system. Source for data: A. Müller, L. Kranzl, P. Tuominen, E. Boelman, M. Molinari, A.G. Entrop: Estimating exergy prices for energy carriers in heating systems: Country analyses of exergy substitution with capital expenditures. Energy and Buildings, Volume 43, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 3609–3617.
Title: Cost and exergy for heating energy in Finland
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Author: Tungsten
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