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Summary
With a budget of EUR 1.2 million, the municipality of Chaves in Portugal is undertaking a pilot project that aims to expand the geothermal heating network. The network currently only supplies 5 public and private buildings – the plan is to connect it to another 20 buildings.
We first reported on this project back in early 2020. While many of the project details remain the same, the project seems to have progressed through the construction of the expanded municipal heating network. The pilot project is now expected to be operational by 2023.
The geothermal station, the heart of the entire project, is located next to the Chaves hot springs where there are thermal waters at an average temperature of 74 degrees Celsius. To expand the heating network, two kilometers of underground ducts have been built.
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