US energy consumption study reveals that using renewable energy instead of fossil fuels to heat homes is viable.
An analysis on how the US uses thermal energy has revealed a perfect opportunity for renewable energy from geothermal and solar resources, say US scientists.
The study shows how renewable energy could provide a large fraction of the energy used for heating water and space at home that is currently supplied by high grade fossil fuels.
Read the Energy & Environmental Science article:
The thermal spectrum of low-temperature energy use in the United States
D B Fox, D Sutter and J W Tester
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/c1ee01722e
