Does a heat pump suit a dynamic contract?
It can, but the advantage is smaller than with a car or battery. A heat pump mainly uses electricity in winter, on cold days and often at hours when electricity is expensive. How much you can shift depends on your home and installation.
A heat pump replaces gas with electricity. Your electricity use goes up, especially in the winter months, when solar panels generate little. Without net metering, you can no longer offset that electricity against what you feed back in summer.
With a dynamic contract
A well-insulated home retains heat, and a heat pump with smart control can then run more when electricity is cheap. Without that control it uses electricity whenever it is cold, regardless of the price, and a dynamic contract can turn out more expensive.
What you calculate
The calculator converts your gas use into electricity for a hybrid or all-electric heat pump and calculates the bill hour by hour, with a fixed or dynamic contract. Whether you cancel the gas connection is also taken into account.
Calculate the difference a heat pump makes
An estimate, not personal advice. How the calculator works: How does this calculator work?
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