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Originally Posted by WarrenC12
I'm not sure what you are trying to say here. That in the future NEU will look cheap because the alternative will be electric boilers?
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I'm suggesting that it seems expensive because our electricity is very cheap, but that may change as we have to spend more (so pay more) for our future electricity needs. In Europe where the centralised system was created, it probably a cheaper system, because they pay much more for electricity.
The alternative is that as other low-cost electricity - wind and maybe solar - get added to the BC grid, the small loop heat recovery systems like yours, Senakw and Oakridge will always cost more.
And I hadn't thought of it, but if electricity gets even cheaper, or stays relatively cheaper, it's possible that (like the Downtown heat system) introducing electric boilers would make sense (certainly as top-up, rather than the gas boilers currently in place).