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Did you know the United States has a way to heat up its productivity and economy – and it’s all underneath us? According to new data from multinational engineering group, Danfoss, excess heat is the world’s largest untapped source of energy and yet little of its potential is utilized, especially in the U.S.
“[The U.S.] is sitting on a gold mine of excess heat,” says Astrid Mozes, president, regions for Danfoss, in a new whitepaper. “Policy makers must push for more efficient use of the vast amounts of wasted energy in the form of excess heat.”
The whitepaper, “The world’s largest untapped energy source: excess heat”, details how excess heat would give a productivity boost to the world’s economy, reduce energy prices and accelerate the energy transition to sustainability. It highlights the vast untapped potential of excess heat as a source of energy and calls on policy makers worldwide to accelerate the use of excess heat across all sectors.
Danfoss adds that excess heat can be reused to supply a factory with heat and warm water, or exported to neighboring homes and industries through a district energy system, which supplies heat to consumers via a network of underground pipes carrying hot water. Such heat networks can cover a large area or even an entire city, or supply a small cluster of local buildings. While the U.S. would need to invest in infrastructure and district heating systems, there’s low-hanging fruit in universities, hospitals and other campuses to apply this solution now, according to the company.
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