Efficient Home Heating with Electric Storage Heaters
Electric storage heaters have been a viable solution for heating homes where other options such as gas, oil, heat pumps are not suitable. The principal of electric storage heaters is utilising “off-peak” energy tariffs from energy suppliers to store heat cheaply, then to programme the storage heaters to slowly release this heat into the building throughout the day. This system was largely installed during the times of coal fired power stations where cheap energy was offered under Economy 7 tariffs, which provided over night cheaper energy tariffs when demand was low and the power stations could not switch off. In modern times there are a large variety of off-peak energy tariffs available which can be utilised to provide affordable heat to homes.