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Leh Airport set to have India’s largest geothermal space conditioning system

ThinkGeoEnergy

Work is now ongoing for what is set to become the largest geothermal system for heating, cooling, and domestic hot water supply in India at the Kushok Bankula Ripoche Airport in Leh (“Leh Airport”). The system will specifically serve the new domestic terminal building, which is still under construction.

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Electrification gets down to the wire

GreenBiz

Buildings are similarly opening their doors to being powered entirely by electricity, supplanting natural gas and other fuels for heating and cooling. Local jurisdictions are banning the use of natural gas in newly constructed (and, in some places, renovated) homes and commercial buildings.

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Palo Alto Paying Over $20,000 Annually to Natural Gas Trade Group Fighting Climate Action

DeSmogBlog

City leaders touted the new law , which is intended to tightly restrict future use of natural gas-powered heating and cooling in new construction, as an important part of the city’s plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2030.

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What role will geothermal play in the energy transition of Saudi Arabia?

ThinkGeoEnergy

Major geothermal features in Saudi Arabia (source: Lashin et al, 2020) Aside from geothermal’s potential to supplement Saudi Arabia’s electricity grid, it can also contribute significantly to the nation’s cooling needs. This figure can go up to 70% during periods of peak cooling demand.

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Geothermal heating and cooling system to be built in Carbondale, Colorado

ThinkGeoEnergy

The design phase has started for a geothermal heating and cooling demonstration project in the municipality of Carbondale in Colorado, USA. Department of Energy (DOE) for the design and eventual deployment of community geothermal heating and cooling systems. Test drilling for the project is then likely to commence by November.

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So, What Exactly Is Building Electrification?

GreenTechMedia

And they consume fossil fuels such as natural gas or propane to power furnaces, boilers, and water heaters. In the United States, buildings account for roughly 40 percent of the country’s energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, and nearly half of homes rely on natural gas as their primary heating fuel.

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Can ACs cool the world without warming it?

Grist

Several companies, including Gradient where Romanin is CEO (which landed him on the 2021 Grist 50 list ), are developing new AC technologies and approaches that are starting to show what a more efficient, less climate-intensive approach to cooling will look like. “And that absolutely doesn’t need to be true.”

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