Ministers plot to limit heat pump subsidies over cost fears.
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Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., is on the cusp of turning on what it says will be the largest ground source heat pump in the US, if not the world. The geothermal heat pump will cut the University’s carbon footprint roughly in half, the school says. It will also eradicate almost all of its $3 million annual fuel bill, but will cost about $1 million a year in electricity to run. Heothermal heat pumps – work by running water through pipes below the frost line, which is about six feet underground in Ball State’s locale. This water sits at the soil’s constant 55 degree temperature, meaning that it can be used for heating in winter and cooling during summertime.
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DESPITE a few concerns from district council, a West Vancouver home on Seaside Place won the right to install an underwater geothermal heat pump system. It's difficult to drill in a lot of the areas of West Vancouver due to rock because of that best medium of heat-transfer is water.
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Feige’s co-chairman, Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer, said similar geothermal projects were already being done in his district, and they might be used in more places than initially thought.In the geothermal heat pump system that became operational last May, the airport replaced $130,000 worth of diesel heat with $15,000 worth of geothermal heat , said Catherine Fritz, airport architect.
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Geothermal potentials in Moose Jaw
At least two generations the geothermal heating would prove a cost-effective, environmentally-friendly and local source of energy. While the system would require about 366 kilowatts of electricity to pump the water, the heat energy produced is about 29.25 million kilojoules per hour.
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MENA Geothermal awarded contract to repair and complete installation of geothermal heat pump system in Jordan.
MENA Geothermal was established in 2008 by its current President, Khaled Al Sabawi, to offer energy efficient, environmentally friendly, and cost effective heating and cooling systems to customers in the Middle East and North Africa region. During the same year, MENA Geothermal was awarded the Energy Globe Award, the world's most prominent and prestigious environmental prize, for its geothermal heating and cooling system at the UCI Headquarters Building in Ramallah, Palestine.
