Heat pumps do not create heat, they simply move heat from one place to another, which is an entirely different beast.
Using a traditional resistive heater, you're roughly creating 1 kWh of heat by spending 1 kWh of electricity (there is some loss), but with a heat pump you're moving heat, which is also why heat pumps become much less efficient the colder the temperature as there is less heat to move, and many residential heat pumps include a regular resistive heating element as a backup.
Using a traditional resistive heater, you're roughly creating 1 kWh of heat by spending 1 kWh of electricity (there is some loss), but with a heat pump you're moving heat, which is also why heat pumps become much less efficient the colder the temperature as there is less heat to move, and many residential heat pumps include a regular resistive heating element as a backup.
There's a great explanatory video on how heat pumps work here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J52mDjZzto&pp=ygUgdGVjaG5vb...