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The Canadian Geothermal Heat Pump Industry Guide 2012
Jan. 27, 2012 – The Canadian GeoExchange Coalition's "Geothermal Heat Pump Industry Guide 2012" is a comprehensive directory of the Canadian geothermal heat pump industry including detailed profiles on geothermal heat pump manufacturers, designers, installers, drilling companies, consultants as well as research organizations, associations, education and training institutions, and other services and suppliers to the industry.
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Long-term tariff support for renewable heat opens for applications in Great Britain
Dec. 23, 2011 – As of Monday 28 November 2011, phase 1 of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) – the world’s first scheme providing long-term tariff payment to owners of renewable heating equipment - has opened for applications. RHI will initially provide assistance to industry, business and communities across Great Britain for installing ground- and water-source heat pumps with up to 4.5 pence/kWh. » read more
CGC Announces the Winners of the 5th Annual GeoExchange Excellence Awards
Dec. 16, 2011 – The Canadian GeoExchange Coalition (CGC) heartily congratulated the 2011 winners of the 5th GeoExchange Excellence Awards here tonight. The prizes for Excellence are awarded to regional geothermal heat pump projects which showcase both complexity and quality of installation and design. This year, CGC bestowed awards for projects in three regions: Québec, Ontario and British Columbia. There were no entries for Atlantic Canada or the Prairies. Seven finalists competed during the last stage of the award process. » read more
Ground-Med training in Padova fully booked
Dec. 12, 2011 – 60 attendees - the possible maximum - have registered for the 3rd Ground-Med seminar which is scheduled to take place on 13-14 October 2011 in Padova, Italy. A leaflet presenting invitation and course programme is available. » read more
A heating and cooling system with reversible ground water heat pumps
Dec. 05, 2011 – The so-called former area Appiani, the site of Treviso historic furnaces, is set to become the "Citadel of institutions." The project, at an advanced stage of development, includes a series of buildings with a mixed-use: management for public and private use, commercial and residential. Legislative and technical possibilities of exploitation of ground water as a heat reservoir for heat pumps throughout the year has been verified. » read more
Comparison between hydraulic and pneumatic drilling systems
Nov. 24, 2011 – A research project carried out by Internationales Geothermiezentrum Bochum and Hochschule Bochum (Germany) reveals remarkable differences between the conventional pneumatic and the innovative hydraulic (GeoJetting) borehole drilling systems for solid rock drilling in terms of borehole drift, drilling progress as well as consumption of water and diesel fuel. » read more
New drilling insurance for GSHP in Germany
Nov. 17, 2011 – Aimed at increasing the confidence in ground source heat pumps the German heat pump association (BWP) has set up a comprehensive quality and insurance concept including training of drilling companies, a special insurance concept for borehole drilling as well as an emergency hotline for drilling companies. » read more
Next Ground-Med seminar in Padova
Nov. 02, 2011 – The 3rd Ground-Med seminar is scheduled to take place on 13-14 October 2011 in Padova, Italy. A leaflet presenting invitation and course programme is now available. » read more
Formation of the International Geothermal Business Coalition
Nov. 01, 2011 – Five leading geothermal trade and business associations have joined together to establish the International Geothermal Business Coalition. They call upon governments around the world to expand their efforts to utilize geothermal resources as an important part of the answer to global environmental, climate change, and energy security problems. The European Geothermal Energy Council, the US Geothermal Energy Association, the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association, the Australian Geothermal Energy Association, and the Chilean Geothermal Energy Association represent the original founders of this coalition. » read more
EU ground-source heat pump installation base exceeds 1 million units
Oct. 25, 2011 – A new study has found a 2.9% decrease of the ground source heat pump (GSHP) market in the EU in 2010, partly due to an increasing focus on aerothermal heat pumps. Despite this, cumulative GSHP installations in the EU surpassed 1 million units, with leading markets in terms of 2010 sales being Sweden, Germany, France, Finland, Austria and the Netherlands. » read more
Proven heat pump concept for a science college
Sep. 28, 2011 – First monitoring results confirm the efficiency of the building and energy concept for the Science College Overbach, Germany. Optimizing the operation of the ground source heat pump since its start in 2009 resulted in a higher Sesonal Performance Factor than expected (SPF=4,5 including compressor and brine pump). » read more
Intermediate European project conference
Sep. 20, 2011 – Have a look at the updated final programme of the Ground-Med Intermediate European project conference taking place on 6-7 October 2011 in Marseille, France. There is only a couple of days left, register now! » read more
A solution for restricted drilling dephs
Sep. 08, 2011 – Geothermal Radial Drilling (GRD) combines the advantages of horizontally installed ground heat collectors and vertically installed borehole heat exchangers. To prove the applicability and combinability of various geothermal heating tube systems with GRD, four different types of borehole heat exchangers were installed from March until April 2010 nearby a village called Hope in Derbyshire (Great Britain).
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Project: Refurbishment of four blocks of flats
Aug. 17, 2011 – The project entitled "Refurbishment and CO2-neutral heat supply to a 1950’s residential complex" is carried out in the framework of the German incentive programme EnEff:Stadt (Research for the energy efficient city). The objective of the project is to modernise and refurbish the buildings at a standard that the primary energy requirement is at least 50 percent below the value recently permitted for a new building. » read more
EU outlines research funding opportunities for renewable heating & cooling
Jul. 22, 2011 – A number of calls for proposals announced this week under the European Union's principal instrument for funding research (FP7) aim to advance renewable heating and cooling technologies. Of particular interest is the call for ‘Next generation heat pump technologies’ such as those using natural refrigerants, as well as a call for ‘Large scale systems for urban heating and cooling’ that make use of low temperature waste heat. » read more
Optimizing vertical ground heat exchangers
Jul. 14, 2011 – In October 2009 the Institut für Facility Management der Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW) started the four years continuing project "Optimierung von Erdwärmesonden", aimed at further improving vertical ground heat exchangers.
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Planning and installation of large GSHP systems
Jul. 06, 2011 – The second day of the 9. Wärmepumpenforum, taking place on 27-28 September 2011 in Nürnberg, Gremany addresses shallow geothermal systems. Focus is on planning and installation of large ground source heat pump systems. » read more
