GET UNDER MY LAWN: Drill rigs like this one can operate at 8 feet and — paired with an operator trained specifically for the job — can suffice for many residential geothermal direct exchange projects.

You're considering geothermal energy for your home? So lucky. Geothermal heating and cooling is a great way to lean into sustainable energy, and a long-term cost-effective solution that'll benefit ...

Dear Jim: I should replace my old heating/cooling system with a more efficient one. With gas prices going up, shortages of propane, etc., is installing a geothermal heat pump wise and what types are ...

GEO HOOD: Large, planned developments, like the 600-acre Norton Commons (pictured), can sustain the upfront costs of geothermal through economies of scale. “The large-scale guys have it figured out; ...

-- A geothermal heating and cooling system has been installed in a home in the township, perhaps the first of many to come. The environmentally friendly system replaces the propane that once heated ...

WAHPETON, N.D. - Players scrimmaging on the football field at the Circle of Nations School probably have no idea they're trampling over parts of the campus cooling-and-heating system. But there's no ...

Cudahy resident Morgan Gottschalk sees gas and electric prices only going up, so he’s building a home that will have no gas lines and will generate most of its own electricity. How? Through geothermal ...

Western New York is known as a four-season region. While temperatures outside fluctuate from single digits to heatwaves in the 90s, the temperature just 5 feet below Earth’s surface remains a constant ...

Jasmina Burek, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, is studying the life cycle of geothermal energy networks that are designed to heat and cool a mix of ...

Comparatively, What are Open Loop Systems? Open loop systems refer to another type of geothermal system where water is pumped out of the ground, run, through the geothermal heat pump, and then dumped ...