Impact of Heat Pumps, Rooftop PV, and Hydrogen Blending on Gas-Electricity Distribution Networks in Northeast US

The building sector is responsible for about 7% of overall greenhouse gas emissions in the US. Cutting by electrifying heating and cooling supply through heat pumps (HPs) leads to an increase electricity demand potential overloading lines transformers distribution systems. Although many studies investigate maximum HPs existing systems Europe, they neglect a relieving effect combining with rooftop photovoltaic (PV) as well consequence coupling system at level. Hence, we PV representative Northeast US We show that generally no average electric occurs even under high realistic HP adoption rates. Moreover, our results reduces impact on throughout year greatest reduction spring fall. In contrast, injecting hydrogen level technically very limited not economic. Thus, electrolyzers are able reduce congestion system.