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eptcykatoday at 9:59 AM1 replyview on HN

What's the reason we can't use heat pumps here to turn that waste heat back into electricity?


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krabtoday at 10:03 AM

Too little thermal gradient.

What you could do is to use a heat pump to spend a little electricity and turn the waste heat to hot water usable for heating (winter).