Blog Archive - Dana Philbin

As states, utilities, and local governments across the United States pilot networked geothermal projects, there are important questions around cost, ownership, regulation, and equity that they are only beginning to address.   Networked geothermal—also referred to as “ambient loop systems,” “community geothermal,” or “fifth generation district heating & cooling,” among other terms — is a system of interconnected ground-source heat pumps. These heat…