Clean Technica
Summary
The NEFI project CASCADE, which runs for the next two years, to the end of 2025, is investigating the potential to apply the innovative method of cascaded heat use to exploit geothermal heat in industry, trade and residential buildings, in the municipalities of Steyr, Gmunden and St. Martin im Mühlkreis.
Steyr, Upper Austria’s third-largest town, is striving to establish a sustainable heat supply. For that reason, the project focus in Steyr lies in integrating geothermal energy into the heating network, with the special challenge of supplying the town’s cherished historic buildings. “As a political representative in Steyr, I am very happy about the CASCADE project,” says Katrin Auer, Steyr Municipal Councillor. “Using geothermal energy for industry and for district heating would have extremely positive effects, especially in an industrial town like Steyr. We want to be climate neutral by 2040, and geothermal energy can play an important role here.”
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