Hungary Today
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In Szeged, the gas-based heating system has been converted to geothermal in recent years. The largest geothermal system in the European Union, and the second largest in the continent (after Reykjavík), can now be found in Szeged, providing heating and hot water to more than 27,000 households, Euronews reports.
The project was launched by the municipality on the basis of a proposal from the local district heating company, which retrofitted the old gas-based system. “The air in Szeged is bad enough in winter. Basically, the biggest carbon emitter in the city is the district heating system, which has been running on natural gas for 40 years. In the last 2-3 years, we have converted this gas-based system to geothermal,” explained Tamás Medgyes, the heat supplier’s operational director.
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