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Beyond the EU: Turning geothermal potential into projects

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CEEnergy News Summary Geothermal energy can play a crucial role in decarbonising Europe’s energy systems and can be a game changer, especially in the heating and cooling sectors. And some projects are already moving in the right direction, showing concrete steps. For example, hydrogeological research has begun on a second exploratory well, aimed at determining the potential for the use of geothermal energy in the future Mišeluk neighbourhood in Novi Sad. The new heating plant will have a capacity of 30 MW, and it will be the first low-temperature district heating system in this part of Europe based on renewable energy sources. This example shows how ...
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Plans to examine possible geothermal energy under Dublin

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RTE100 Summary The Geological Survey Ireland has said efforts will get under way next year to see if there is geothermal energy underneath Dublin city. Geothermal energy is the heat in rocks and water beneath the surface of solid earth. There are already more than 20,000 geothermal heat pump systems operating in Ireland, including commercial-scale systems at Trinity College Dublin and IKEA. "Dublin city has some of the highest heat demand in the country and is a prime area for the roll out of district heating networks that can serve the many hospitals, schools, universities, and housing developments that coexist here. Continue Reading ...
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Brailsford & Dunlavey Expands Energy and Infrastructure Advisory Practice With Acquisition of Fangman Associates

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Brailsford & Dunlavey Summary Brailsford & Dunlavey (B&D), a national advisory and program management firm, today announced its acquisition of Fangman Associates , an established advisory firm specializing in district energy and infrastructure, led by industry executive Leslie Fangman. The acquisition expands B&D’s capabilities in strategic energy planning, district energy, infrastructure delivery, and public-private partnerships (P3s), particularly for colleges and universities, municipalities, heal thcare , por t au thori t ies and other mission-driven organizations confronting aging utility systems, ...
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Tripling Canada’s Clean Power Needed to Achieve ‘The Big Switch’ to Electricity

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The Energy Mix Summary Imagine paying the equivalent of 25 cents a litre to fill your tank. Imagine your heating bill dropping by half because your heat pump runs on cheap, clean electricity. Imagine hundreds of thousands of new jobs in every part of the country, while Canadian entrepreneurs and factories win global contracts because their products are made with clean power. All of that is possible, but only if Canada builds enough clean electricity to make it happen. Geothermal, meanwhile, is an important new source of clean power that has been starved of due attention or incentives. Canada has vast potential in this area—not only geologically but also ...
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World’s largest solar-storage microgrid goes online in Saudi Arabia

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pv magazine Summary Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea multi-utility project has entered full commercial operation, completing a large-scale renewable-powered off-grid utility system designed to supply an entire tourism destination and its supporting infrastructure. The Red Sea development differs from a conventional solar-plus-storage project in the range of infrastructure connected to its microgrid. The multi-utility system includes seawater desalination, drinking-water distribution, wastewater treatment, district cooling, solid-waste management and communications infrastructure. ACWA Power lists three reverse-osmosis desalination plants with a combined capacity ...
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From desert heat to urban cool: Dubai’s global model for district cooling

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Zawya Summary Rising temperatures are driving a surge in cooling demand, compelling city planners and policymakers to rethink how urban areas can meet future cooling needs As climate change intensifies, cities around the world are experiencing increasingly frequent and severe heat waves, placing unprecedented pressure on energy systems, urban infrastructure, and public services. These rising temperatures are driving a surge in cooling demand, compelling city planners and policymakers to rethink how urban areas can meet future cooling needs in an efficient, resilient, and sustainable manner. District cooling offers a model based on producing chilled ...
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A made-in-BC heat pump with global impact

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University of British Columbia Summary Vitalis Equipment Technologies build something many people never see—large-scale heat pumps that can heat or cool warehouses, hospitals or even university campuses using carbon dioxide instead of synthetic gases. The Kelowna-based manufacturer has already installed the largest CO₂ air-source heat pump in North America, at the university where its founder studied. UBC Okanagan was the logical first project because the infrastructure was already there. The university had been investing in low-carbon campus systems for two decades, including a low-temperature district energy loop that connects newer buildings through ...
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Long-term enhanced geothermal test begins in Utah

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Utility Dive Summary A four-month test of enhanced geothermal systems performance , aimed at derisking the technology to ensure its commercial viability, began in Utah earlier this month, according to the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy. The test is an “extended circulation” which will allow the FORGE team to “evaluate reservoir performance under continuous flow” over the course of 90 days, potentially extended to 120 days, FORGE said in an Aug. 12 release. FORGE is managed by the University of Utah and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Continue Reading #News #GeothermalandGeo-Exchange
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The Real Question About Data Centres

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EnergyNow Summary British Columbia has a genuine opportunity. Our electricity grid is among the cleanest in North America. Our climate is favourable for cooling. We have strong universities, a growing technology sector and industrial expertise in power, construction, engineering and resource development. That makes B.C. attractive for artificial intelligence and data infrastructure. The overlooked heat question This is where Vancouver’s current debate becomes more interesting than the slogans suggest. In a companion article, engineer Matthew Klippenstein explores one underappreciated possibility: data centres can produce useful heat. If designed ...
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Seven years of Exergenics

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Exergenics Summary This week marks seven years since Exergenics began. A milestone like this is a good excuse to stop and look back, so I went digging through old emails from 2019 and found how I described the company when we were just getting started: "Using historical BMS data and machine learning, we create models of central plant rooms and then output an optimal control strategy solving for the lowest 'whole of plant' energy use for discrete cooling loads and ambient conditions." Seven years on, that is still exactly what we do. The models are far more sophisticated. We've deployed in more than 100 plants around the world, modelled thousands ...
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Schwarz Group plans €5.6bn AI data centre as part of German digital sovereignty push

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NTN Summary Schwarz Group has announced plans to invest up to €5.6 billion in a new data centre in Germany as part of a partnership with the state government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to strengthen the country's digital infrastructure and support sovereign cloud and AI services. Schwarz Group added it plans to power the facility entirely with renewable energy during normal operations. It has signed a letter of intent with Rostock's public utility to use waste heat from the data centre as part of a district heating network. The company recently announced a similar waste heat project for another data centre in Lübbenau, Brandenburg. Continue Reading ...
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Geothermal project in Hamburg, Germany progresses with heat pump installation

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Think GeoEnergy Summary The geothermal heating project in the district of Wilhelmsburg in Hamburg, Germany continues its steady progress, with the latest updates indicating that the heat pumps have already been deliver and installed on site. Moreover, the project team has conducted testing of the electrical submersible pumps (ESP), which will soon be installed at the production well. Plans for a geothermal heating plant in Wilhelmsburg were initially announced back in 2019 , eventually leading to the drilling of two wells from 2021 to 2022 . Following a successful production test , the project proceeded to the construction of both the heating network ...
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ABO Energy and the City of Oulu to advance hydrogen plant zoning

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Arctic Today Summary ABO Energy and the City of Oulu have signed a cooperation agreement to advance plans for a large-scale green hydrogen production facility in Oulu, northern Finland. The agreement builds on a site reservation secured in 2025 and establishes a framework for collaboration between the two parties on project development, land-use planning, permitting and the studies required to support the project’s progress. ABO Energy is progressing plans for a hydrogen production facility in Oulu. The electrolysis capacity could be expanded to up to 600 MW in two to three development phases. Alongside hydrogen production, the company is assessing opportunities ...
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COWI and SINOTECH to collaborate on geothermal opportunities in Taiwan

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Think GeoEnergy Summary International engineering consultancy COWI and Taiwanese engineering consultancy SINOTECH Engineering Consultants (SINOTECH) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of geothermal energy opportunities in Taiwan , with a particular focus on the country’s emerging ambitions in superhot geothermal energy. The agreement establishes COWI as SINOTECH’s preferred international partner for geothermal projects in Taiwan and creates a framework for long-term collaboration in the local emerging geothermal sector. Under the MoU, COWI and SINOTECH will explore opportunities to serve as Owner’s ...
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OnZero partners with Helen to connect Helsinki AI data center to district heating network

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DCD Summary Austrian AI data center developer OnZero Finland has signed an agreement with Finnish energy firm Helen to connect its AI data center in Helsinki, Finland, to the city's district heating network. The facility is expected to supply the heat network with up to 525,000MWh of heat annually, which the companies claim is equivalent to the heating needs of 70,000 apartment homes in Helsinki. Operations are slated to begin sometime next year. The deal forms a crucial part of OnZero’s AI Heat Factory commercial deployment strategy. The design combines high-performance AI computing infrastructure with heat recovery technology. It is based on a liquid-cooled ...
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Fervo signs 396MW geothermal deal with Google for 2028 start

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TNW Summary Alphabet has contracted up to 396MW of geothermal power from Fervo Energy for a prospective Utah data centre from 2028, with an option on another 600MW by 2030 that would take the order close to a gigawatt. The European Union had about 1GW of net geothermal electricity capacity in total in 2022, and geothermal supplied 0.5% of its renewable electricity in 2024. Continue Reading #MemberNewsIDEA #google #GeothermalandGeo-Exchange
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Boston is pulling heat from its harbor and rivers to warm thousands of buildings, and the rest of the world’s coastal cities are starting to pay close attention

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Energies Media Summary Boston is pulling heat from its harbor and rivers to warm thousands of buildings, and the rest of the world’s coastal cities are starting to pay close attention. Beneath the surface of one of America’s oldest urban cores, a transformative energy revolution is quietly unfolding. Urban planners, climate pioneers, and universities are turning away from traditional fossil heating to tap an abundant local resource. Concrete infrastructure is already proving this concept across the region. On the waterfront, UMass Boston has successfully utilized seawater cooling systems since the 1970s. The university is now installing advanced ...
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LG Uplus, District Heating Firm Tie Up on AI Safety Monitoring

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Seoul Economic Daily Summary LG Uplus (032640.KS) is applying AIoT technology, which combines artificial intelligence with the internet of things, to safety management at large-scale energy facilities. The telecom operator said it has signed an agreement with Korea District Heating Corp. to upgrade safety management in the district energy sector using AIoT-based systems. Under the agreement, the two organizations will build a predictive maintenance system based on AIoT. The technology will detect risk factors at large energy production facilities in real time and allow them to anticipate and respond to potential safety incidents in advance. Continue ...
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Valmet improves heat recovery and energy efficiency at Helen's Salmisaari pellet heating plant in Finland

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PR Newswire Summary Valmet will deliver a flue gas condensing plant to Helen's Salmisaari K6 pellet heating plant in Helsinki, Finland. The investment will enable Helen to recover more heat from the plant's flue gases, thereby improving energy efficiency, increasing heat production, and reducing emissions. The heat recovery system is based on flue gas condensation technology where water vapor contained in the flue gases, generated in the pellet-fired heat plant, condenses into water and releases usable heat back into the process. The recovered heat is circulated to the district heating network, improving heat production efficiency and increasing the ...
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As Phoenix heats up, downtown's cooling system is learning to use less water

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Phoenix Business Journals Summary As another Phoenix summer stretches into September, the conversation around urban heat tends to circle back to the same question: how does a fast-growing downtown keep getting bigger without every new tower, hotel and lab bolting on its own oversized chiller plant? For 47 buildings across downtown Phoenix, the answer has quietly been a shared, underground system rather than a rooftop-by-rooftop scramble. Cordia has operated Arizona's largest central business district cooling system since 2001, producing chilled water at a handful of plants and piping it to customers ranging from the Phoenix Convention Center and Chase Field, ...
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