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Heat your house with a mechanical windmill (2019)
Air source heat pumps (in heating mode) use the heat generated by the electric compressor so the conversion loses there are negligible.
Mechanical gearboxes also generate heat, so you'd need to capture that too.
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Mechanical gearboxes also generate heat, so you'd need to capture that too.