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The University of Edinburgh is exploring the possibility of repurposing excess energy from its Advanced Computing Facility (ACF) to heat around 5,000 households in Scotland‘s capital.
The ACF, a hub for critical research activities, currently generates large amounts of energy, with the potential to contribute to sustainable heating solutions for residential areas.
The initiative, part of a £2.6 million feasibility study, aims to cool the supercomputers and transfer the captured heat into disused mine water.
The heated water would then be distributed to homes via heat pump technology.
If successful, this approach could provide a model for utilising excess heat from various sources to meet residential heating needs in an environmentally friendly manner.
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