Geothermal or ground-source heat pumps, which use stable temperatures underground to heat homes in winter and cool them in summer, don’t need extreme depths or temperatures to work.

The drill rig is drilling an 800-ft. borehole for the joint geothermal energy system with ground source pumps for heating and cooling. Credit: Courtesy of Mike Fleming, superintendent, Phoenix ...

Ishan Thakore/CPR News An Olympic-sized swimming pool at Colorado Mesa University is heated, in part, by excess heat from the school’s geothermal energy network. September 19, 2024.

Shallow ground-source heat pump systems circulate fluids into that 55 degrees environment and bring them up to condensers that extract heat during cold weather months and send heat underground ...

A ground source heat pump system will help to lower your carbon footprint as it uses a renewable, natural source of heat – the ground. According to the Energy Saving Trust, a heat pump with mid-range ...

Image: Dandelion Energy Over the next two years, homebuilder Lennar is outfitting more than 1,500 new Colorado homes with Dandelion Energy’s geothermal systems in one of the largest residential ...

A 1-MW air-cooled data center and a 1-MW ground-source heat pump (GSHP)-cooled data center are compared. Assumptions include: Energy cost = 10¢/kWh, Carbon intensity = 0.4 kilograms CO2/kWh, and ...

Heat pumps are a popular choice for central air in the South. They both heat and cool—despite the somewhat misleading name—and can help save money on utilities. If you're wondering what a heat pump is ...

Heating and cooling heavily relies on planet-warming fossil fuels. But some energy companies are looking to an unlimited thermal energy source below their feet as a clean alternative.

On 2 July, Nicholls Boreholes and Ground Source said it caused a gas leak in Cleat Hill, Bedford, after hitting a pocket of natural gas. It said at the time it had been drilling a borehole for a ...