Twin Cities Pioneer Press
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When homes and businesses open at The Heights on St. Paul’s East Side, they’ll pull heat directly from the earth, cycling water through the aquifer like a radiator.
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter this week joined representatives of District Energy, the St. Paul Port Authority, City Council and environmental advocates at the site of the former Hillcrest golf course off Larpenteur Avenue to celebrate construction of the state’s first aquifer thermal energy storage system, and one of the largest networked geothermal energy systems in Minnesota.
The geothermal system is expected to heat and cool buildings throughout much of the 112-acre redevelopment project.
The city has set climate goals of achieving “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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