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French cities to expand geothermal district heating network

By District Energy posted 03-19-2025 20:21

  

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Announced this month, the French municipalities of Melun and Vaux-le-Pénil, in Seine-et-Marne (the wider Paris region), are joining forces to strengthen their commitment to the energy transition. Supported by Dalkia, the two cities are launching the expansion of their heating network and the drilling of a new geothermal well in 2026, supplemented by a heat pump system.

The network will expand this year in both cities and will pass under the Seine to extend south of Melun. It will extend for an additional 17 km, or more than 43 km of pipeline, and will include 115 new substations. It will provide 68 GWh of additional heat and cover the heating and domestic hot water needs of 18,500 equivalent homes. 

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