Tag: GeoDrilling
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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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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.