From an ecological point of view, it makes perfect sense to combine a heat pump and a solar panel system. Heat pumps need conventional electricity to operate – a solar panel system generates electricity from solar energy.
x-change dynamic heat pumps have an integrated solar panel interface as standard. The self-generated, surplus electricity from your own solar panel system (also in conjunction with a battery storage system) is then used to generate heat instead of feeding it into the public grid for little money.
Your own photovoltaic system converts free energy from the sun into electricity. Depending on the tariff and meter arrangement, this can be consumed directly by the customer, fed into the grid, or stored in an electricity storage unit. If the electricity generated in this way is used for the heat pump, you have a heating system that is practically completely independent and CO2-neutral. This is also extraordinarily cost-effective in combination with an electricity storage system, because Kermi heat pumps allow for particularly efficient use of your own electricity. With a heat pump, own electricity consumption can be significantly increased and stored in the form of heat and cooling (in a heat or cooling storage tank) for later use. That makes the Kermi x-change heat pump even more efficient.
To identify how much energy is available, the x40 controller of the dynamic heat pump needs to be connected to an electricity meter with an integrated S0 interface. There are electricity meters from the energy supplier that already have such an S0 interface (hardware interface for the transmission of measured values – the transmission takes place with the help of pulses) integrated.
When selecting the S0 electricity meter, the following conditions must be met:
The electricity meter is installed in such a way that it only measures the energy that is currently fed into the grid by the solar panel system (electrical consumption in the household is already deducted). For example, a 2 x 0.8 mm² YR-blade cable can be used as the cable from the electricity meter to the heat pump. Two wires are required (S0- and S0+) and are connected to the x40 controller of the heat pump.
Once the heat pump has detected how much energy is available, the setpoint temperatures for heat pump and optionally also for electric heating rods can be changed depending on this signal. The heat pump and heating rods are then set to increased operation. This is how the self-generated PV energy is stored as heat.
1 Network
2 Electricity meter with S0 signal
3 PV power converter
4 Cable for S0 signal 2 x 0.8 mm²
5 PV system
Article on the subject of Own consumption on our Kermi blog.