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District heating via thermonet in Silkeborg, Denmark
A local Danish district heating company, Silkeborg Forsyning, established a thermonet solution for 15 houses in 2017-18, including 14 newly built houses. Heat is extracted via shallow vertical geothermal boreholes. The thermonet itself and heat pumps in the connected houses were established as a demonstration project with support from Region Midtjylland’s development program FjernvarmeVækst. Houses…
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Thermo-Road Wins Prestigious 2025 European Lighthouse Heat Pump Award
At the 15th annual Heat Pump Forum in Brussels, hosted by the European Heat Pump Association, the 2025 awards celebrated innovation across five categories. The coveted Lighthouse Award was presented to The Thermo-Road, a flagship project well known by members of Thermonet Europe. Søren Erbs Poulsen from VIA University College, who submitted the project, proudly…
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A whole village switches to district heating via thermonet and geothermal boreholes
In 2021, the residents in Vridsløsemagle, a small village west of Copenhagen, Denmark, got an offer to be supplied with district heating. It would be based on local extraction and distribution of shallow geothermal energy using a new-built thermonet. The residents until then mainly relied on oil boilers and wood stoves. The solution would be…
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Innovative thermo-road combines heating, cooling and flood protection
It is now possible to build roads that act as energy sources for a thermonet, delivering heating and cooling to the houses along the road. At the same time, the road structure functions as a subterranean stormwater reservoir, protecting against flooding from extreme rainfall.