Tag: groundwater
Can Geothermal Cooling Tame Data Centers’ Energy Appetite?
The world is increasingly run by data centers — huge, anonymous buildings that gobble up electricity and belch heat like angry dragons. Each click, stream, or swipe piles up more data in racks upon racks of humming servers. Yet few people realize just how thirsty these data dragons really are. … [continued]
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Can Underground Thermal Batteries Warm Northern Cities in Deep Winter?
Having grown up in Canada’s north and spent far too many winters trudging through snowy downtown streets in Toronto, Ottawa, and Edmonton, I know firsthand just how brutal Canadian winters can be—and how urgently our cities need practical, scalable, low-carbon heating solutions. Even if you haven’t spent months navigating icy … [continued]
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The Sustainability Sparks Fly When Geothermal Energy, Orphan Wells, & CAES All Come Together
A research team at Penn State University indicates that geothermal energy supports the case for repurposing abandoned oil and gas wells as long duration, compressed air energy storage systems for wind and solar power.
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‘Nothing the township can do’ about septage on Leelanau Co. farm
An attorney with the township said if it were to bring a lawsuit, it would likely fail.
South Dakota Turns Thumbs Down On CO2 Pipeline Proposal
A plan to build a pipeline carrying carbon dioxide from the Midwest to North Dakota has hit a snag in South Dakota.
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