Networked geothermal is an emerging technology whose potential impact for our communities remains largely untapped. By scaling up the ultra efficient heating and cooling technology of geothermal beyond single buildings, networked geothermal can provide low-no carbon heating and cooling for entire communities when paired with other renewable energy.
This webinar will explore how networked geothermal is being implemented in the US and what lessons can be learned to expand its implementation in Wisconsin. This will advance conversations of renewable energy beyond the building and to think about how geothermal can address peak energy load demand for the entire energy grid.
Major energy demand drivers are data centers. Key to the conversation about data centers is a recognition that often one third of the energy demand is for cooling. In addition to exploring geothermal for neighborhoods, this conversation will also consider whether data centers can be tied into networked geothermal systems to provide low-no cost heat for area buildings, reducing energy demand for data center cooling, while repurposing heat from data centers to heat area buildings.
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Discussion Moderator: Kathy Kuntz Director of Dane County’s Office of Energy and Climate Change
Speakers:
Professor James Tinjum – UW-Madison
Brian Urlaub – Salas O’Brien
Andrew Lliff – HEET
Jeremiah Strode – Geoexchange