Electric heating for more independence
- Process hot water with the heating element and reduce gas or oil consumption
- Use solar power to operate heat pumps with SENEC.360
Leipzig, 05. September 2022 – The future is... the use of solar power to supply household heat. This applies to both heating system operations and to the option of using surplus electricity to heat water. Why is this? Because the direct or indirect self-consumption of self-produced solar power from the roof is now more lucrative than the legally guaranteed feed-in rate. In view of the sharply rising prices for electricity and gas, the combination of a PV system from SENEC with the ASKOHEAT+ heating element is an increasingly attractive alternative – and can also act as a transitional solution until the gas or oil heating system is eventually replaced.
The ASKOHEAT+ heating element converts the surplus electricity from the PV system into heat, functioning in a similar way to an immersion heater. For this purpose, the electric heater is screwed into a water tank – which is usually available anyway. This power-to-heat option works directly via bidirectional meters, energy managers or building automation controls, but can also be combined with SENEC.Home storage systems or compatible heat pumps from the SENEC.360 ecosystem range.
If, for example, a buffer tank with a volume of 1,000 litres is available, the heat pump can heat the drinking or heating water with high efficiency up to 40 degrees Celsius. Using the ASKOHEAT+ heating element, which boasts seven different power settings, the water can be heated to up to 85 degrees Celsius – the hot water tank then functions as a temporary storage unit for up to 52 kilowatt hours of photovoltaic electricity. Solar-optimised water heating is considered a particularly environmentally friendly and efficient solution.
Deluxe electrification: PV, storage system, heat pump
All SENEC.Home storage systems have a suitable interface for SG-ready heat pumps. In addition, the company is developing suitable solutions for other heat pumps, additional heating elements, infrared heaters and air conditioning systems, which will be available in combination with the new SENEC.Home 4 home storage system in future.
By integrating a heat generator into their own SENEC.360 ecosystem, homeowners use their PV system even more effectively, because every kilowatt hour that comes from the roof, even in colder seasons, helps to reduce the amount of electricity procured from the grid or the SENEC.Cloud. The heat pump settings can also be adjusted directly via the new SENEC.app, efficiently postponing hot water preparation during periods of sufficient sunlight, for instance.
Deluxe electrification constitutes the use of the PV system, electricity storage system, heat pump and heating element as a perfectly coordinated energy ecosystem. The SENEC.Home storage systems support heat pumps with the SG-ready label.
More information on this at the SENEC GmbH stand at the SHK Essen trade fair (Hall 3, Stand 3A19).
SENEC.Heat product details
- Optimally coordinated energy ecosystem
- SENEC.Home can be combined with SG-ready heat pumps
- Reduced CO2 emissions
- Future-proof and sustainable
About SENEC
SENEC GmbH in Leipzig has been developing intelligent electricity storage systems and storage-based energy solutions since 2009. With SENEC.360, the company offers a coordinated ecosystem for sustainable all-round self-sufficiency, including electricity storage (SENEC.Home), solar modules (SENEC.Solar), a virtual electricity account (SENEC.Cloud) and an e-car charging station (SENEC.Wallbox). The SENEC brand has developed into one of Europe’s leading providers of innovative energy and storage solutions for single-family homes - with over 100,000 systems sold and an advisory network of more than 1,200 specialist partners.
Since 2018, SENEC GmbH has been a wholly owned subsidiary of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG and employs over 450 people at its Leipzig and Cologne sites as well as in Italy and Australia.