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The thing with Electric heating though in new or renovated Green high efficiency homes and when looking for heating zero energy homes, is that as the percentage of electricity generation by renewable sources increases, so does your heating system by default reduce it's carbon footprint. This compares to Canada, where around 67% of Canada’s electricity comes from renewable sources and 82% from non-GHG emitting sources - Canada is the world’s second largest producer of hydroelectricity. Which is all good news for reducing the carbon footprint of our energy needs. Wind generation rose from 55 million MWh in 2008 to 275 million MWh in 2018 (6.5% of total electricity generation), exceeded only by conventional hydroelectric at 292 million MWh (6.9% of total generation). renewable electricity between 20 came from wind and solar generation. Renewables provided 17.6% of electricity generation in the United States in 2018. Thankfully the percentage of green electricity in the US is on the increase with renewable generation provided a new record of 742 million megawatthours (MWh) of electricity in 2018, nearly double the 382 million MWh produced in 2008. Heating with electricity from renewable resources like wind, solar or hydroelectric is far cleaner than electricity generated by burning fossil fuels, such as coal or gas fired generation plants.
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There is also significant loss from transmission lines, so the overall energy efficiency of electric heat varies significantly by location and the local source of electric production. Burning fossil fuels to fire electric power generation is only around 30-60% efficient.
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Determining whether or not electricity is an efficient and ecologically responsible means to heat a home should include the initial electricity production as well.