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Google invests in Fervo’s $462M round to unlock even more geothermal energy

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Yahoo! Finance Summary Enhanced geothermal startup Fervo Energy has raised $462 million to complete its first large-scale power plant and begin development on several others as it races to provide electricity to a power-hungry grid. The new funds will help the company continue work on its 500-megawatt Cape Station power plant in Utah while starting development on several others, Sara Jewett, senior vice president of strategy at Fervo, told TechCrunch. Fervo has an existing deal with Google to supply it with electricity for its data centers. Continue Reading #News #GeothermalandGeo-Exchange #DataCenter
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Szczecin, Poland signs contract for geothermal exploration drilling

By District Energy posted 17 hours ago
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Think GeoEnergy Summary The city of Szczecin in Poland has signed a contract for exploration geothermal drilling with Polish company UOS Drilling SA following a tender announced a few months ago . Drilling is expected to start by mid-2026, as the company needs five to six months to prepare the drilling site. The drilling operations is expected to take about four months. “We are embarking on an investment that is crucial to Szczecin’s future energy self-sufficiency. We hope that geothermal water will become another stable heat source, allowing us to diversify supplies, ensure their continuity, and influence heat price control – which is extremely ...
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Perma-Pipe Appoints Howard Energy’s Richard Sherrill to Board of Directors

By District Energy posted 17 hours ago
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Pipeline & Gas Journal Summary Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPIH) has appointed Richard M. Sherrill, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Howard Energy Partners, to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Sherrill brings more than three decades of experience across the upstream and midstream energy sectors. He currently serves on the board of Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO), and previously led Ceritas Energy LLC, a midstream infrastructure company he co-founded in 2003 and headed as president until 2019. His earlier career includes senior management roles at Duke Energy Corp., where he served as Chief Operating ...
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Biomass heating system among federal funding recipients

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Northern Ontario Business Summary Federal funding of nearly $460,000 will enable Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek to move forward with the installation of a district biomass heating system in the community. The project is one of 10 being supported with $4.8 million from FedNor’s Northern Ontario Development Program, announced Dec. 5. Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek — also known as Sand Point First Nation — has been working on its district biomass heating project for well over a decade. The system will be fed with wood residue generated from the community’s sawmill, and the resulting energy will heat residential, commercial and institutional buildings. ...
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Vulcan commences execution of Phase One Lionheart Project

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Global Mining Review Summary Vulcan Energy has commenced execution of Project Lionheart, by laying the foundation stone for its combined geothermal and lithium extraction plant (G-LEP), following an event in Landau, Germany. Phase One Lionheart involves the construction of an integrated lithium and renewable energy project targeting production capacity of 24 000 t of lithium hydroxide monohydrate, enough for approximately 500 000 EV batteries per year, with a co-product of 275 GWh of renewable power and 560 GWh of heat capacity per year for local consumers, over an estimated 30-year project life. The G-LEP is a central component of Lionheart, which ...
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Ever more gas-free homes

By District Energy posted 18 hours ago
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Statistics Netherlands Summary An increasing number of homes in the Netherlands are heated without the use of natural gas. In 2024, 11.2 percent of homes were fully gas-free, up from 8.7 percent in 2022. These homes are usually heated using a heat pump or are connected to a collective district heating system. This means they do not require a gas-fired boiler. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this on the basis of newly released figures. In 2023, 36 percent of homes built since 2015 are electrically heated . This is usually by means of a heat pump, but other forms of heating are also possible, such as air conditioning and infrared panels. 33 percent ...
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Cogeneration Plant for Lansing’s Clean Energy Future

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WSP Summary Cleaner, more flexible energy generation replaces an aging coal plant and supports Lansing’s transition to sustainable district heating. After decades of service, Moore’s Park Power Station had reached the end of its useful life. Rather than invest in costly repairs to an aging coal-fired facility, the Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) envisioned a cleaner, more efficient future. The result was a new 110-MW combined cycle cogeneration plant in the city’s REO Town district, marking BWL’s first natural gas-fired steam facility. Our team supported this transition by delivering comprehensive engineering and design services for the new plant, ...
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Committee approves investments in climate action, water services and waste management

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Ottawa Summary The City’s Environment and Climate Change Committee today approved its portion of Draft Budget 2026 which invests in reliable water and sewer infrastructure, sustainable waste management and climate action to support a green and resilient Ottawa. This budget includes a net operating requirement of $39.8 million and $52 million in capital investments for tax and fee supported programs. It also includes $565 million in operating funding and $305.5 million in capital investments for rate-supported programs. The draft budget invests $9 million in the Climate Change Master Plan to strengthen resiliency, cut emissions, and support the green ...
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Pasadena Weighs ‘Game Changer’ Energy Systems for 710 Stub Redevelopment

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Pasadena Now Summary A presentation to Pasadena’s Environmental Advisory Commission on Tuesday will outline sustainability strategies for the former 710 freeway stub that planners call “game changers”—district-scale energy systems that could significantly reduce carbon emissions across the entire development. Senior Project Manager Wendy Macias, from the City Manager’s office, will present the sustainability vision as an information item at the commission’s 6 p.m. meeting. The plan proposes technologies largely untested at municipal scale in Southern California: ground-source geothermal heating and cooling, municipal waste heat recovery, and district ...
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Opportunities for district heating in the changing energy landscape

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iea Summary District heating has been around for almost 150 years. Since the first commercial system was installed in New York in 1877, district heating systems have used insulated supply and return pipes to distribute heat to multiple buildings. While the first generation used steam produced by a central fossil fuel boiler, modern systems have evolved into a flexible infrastructure that can connect multiple energy and storage solutions and supply both heating and cooling. This way, they keep up with and actively sustain the rapidly changing global energy system, marked by rising electricity demand and a growing share of renewables. Today, district ...
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Enabling Dubai’s 20-minute vision: How smart building systems can redefine urban living

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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Khaleej Times Summary As Dubai accelerates progress under its 2040 Urban Master Plan, the city is ushering in a new era of accessible and human-centered urban environments. At the heart of this transformation lies the ‘20-Minute City’ concept—a vision in which 80% of residents’ daily needs are reachable within a short walk or bike ride from home, and over half of the population lives within 800 meters of mass transit hubs. Johnson Controls supports this mission with advanced energy performance contracting, ESCO partnerships, and AI-enabled platforms like OpenBlue that help reduce consumption, optimize climate control, and deliver data-driven insights ...
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Microgrids: How Data Center Energy Efficiencies Help State and Local Agencies

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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StateTech Summary Artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI , is putting stress on the power and cooling capacities of data centers around the world. With state and local governments embracing AI for a growing range of workloads, the pressures around on-premises power use have never been greater. The cloud’s not an easy solution either. The amount of data used can be prohibitively expensive. Some state and local governments are thinking outside the box for a solution, and one answer is microgrids: small electrical networks that can help meet power needs for their facilities. Continue Reading #News #Microgrids #DataCente ...
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Trane Technologies To Acquire Stellar Energy’s Digital Business

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Pulse 2.0 Summary Trane Technologies announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Stellar Energy’s Digital business from Stellar Energy International, marking a significant expansion of its capabilities in data center thermal management. The deal brings one of the sector’s leading turnkey liquid-to-chip cooling providers under the Trane Technologies umbrella as demand for scalable and energy-efficient data center infrastructure continues to accelerate globally. Continue Reading #News #Trane #MemberNewsIDEA #DataCenter
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US Department of Energy selects ASU and DCX to pioneer new ways to power data centers

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ASU Summary The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Arizona State University and DCX USA, LLC, as key research partners for its Microreactor Application Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) program, an innovative national effort led by Idaho National Laboratory to establish novel applications for advanced microreactor technologies. “Data centers are the backbone of our digital future, and the energy they require is growing exponentially,” said George Slessman, founder of DCX. “Through this partnership with ASU and INL, we’re demonstrating that nuclear-powered, AI-optimized infrastructure is not only feasible — it’s essential. This work ...
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What small modular reactors are and how these could support world’s rising electricity demand

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Interesting Engineering Summary Global electricity consumption from data centers is accelerating far faster than previously projected, raising new questions about how the world will power the next wave of artificial intelligence infrastructure. Electricity use from data centers in 2024 is estimated at around 415 terawatt-hours, roughly 1.5% of global consumption, and has grown by 12% annually over the past five years. Universities and industrial operators are exploring SMRs and microreactors for combined heat and power applications. A planned microreactor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, in collaboration with Nano Nuclear Energy, aims ...
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Bilfinger and Fortum achieve major milestone towards decarbonization of CHP plant in Poland

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Bilfinger Summary International industrial services provider Bilfinger has achieved a significant milestone in the decarbonization and modernization of energy company Fortum’s combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Częstochowa, Poland. The collaboration marks a major step towards Fortum’s sustainability goals, as it aims to completely eliminate fossil fuels from the plant’s fuel mix. Fortum is investing a total of around €100 million to make the plant fit for the future. Since 2024, Bilfinger has been entrusted with comprehensive engineering, procurement, site management and project management services (short: EPCm) for the necessary retrofit and upgrade ...
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Green Heat Network Fund awards £68 million to English projects

By District Energy posted 7 days ago
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Elemental London Summary Eight projects across England have been awarded a share of £68 million from the Green Heat Network Fund, in what the GHNF described as the most diverse mix of technologies to date. £14.65 million to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council for the Stockport district heat network This project will use heat pumps to extract waste heat from a local sewer system. It is also benefitting by being part of the Advanced Zoning Programme run by DESNZ. With construction set to begin as early as 2026/27, the network, once complete, will support the ongoing regeneration and redevelopment of Stockport town centre and 87% of the initial ...
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Deutsche Telekom hooks up Berlin data center to local district heating system

By District Energy posted 7 days ago
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DCD Summary A Deutsche Telekom data center has started supplying waste heat to a district heating system in Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany. The waste heat is being supplied to the Pallasseum, a listed 1970s building with 500 apartments and approximately 2,000 residents. PASM Power and Solution GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, Gewobag, and the GASAG Group, installed the system. “The energy transition won’t be decided solely in new buildings, but above all in existing ones. The Pallasseum impressively demonstrates how we can intelligently integrate unused energy sources, such as server waste heat, into existing systems,” said Matthias Trunk, sales ...
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Geothermal networks let cities warm and cool as one

By District Energy posted 7 days ago
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Nature Summary The half-a-dozen nineteenth-century commercial buildings huddled beside the Hudson River that make up an arts centre in Troy, New York, are destined for a distinctly twenty-first-century energy makeover. The same goes for an apartment building across the street and a department store-turned-technology hub a few blocks away. The plan — hatched by Troy’s economic-development office to revitalize the downtown area and now driven by regional utility company National Grid — is to combine the buildings’ heating and cooling systems in a single high-efficiency, low-carbon network. The hope is that more buildings will join the scheme before the thermal ...
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SWEP Introduces New Products for Future Demands of Data Center Cooling and Heat Reuse

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PR Newswire Summary SWEP , part of Dover and a world-leading supplier of brazed plate heat exchangers (BPHEs), today announced the launch of two new products, SWEP B327 and SWEP B224, developed to meet growing market demand in data center cooling and district energy applications. With Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) on the rise, power and processing in data centers require efficient alternatives to traditional air cooling. Both new products, which expand the range of SWEP liquid cooling solutions for data centers, are developed for single-phase applications such as data center cooling and district heating, with shared ...
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