Introducing our thermal energy networks.
We’re committed to finding new ways to provide our customers with cleaner energy while helping them use energy more efficiently. We’re evaluating the potential for thermal energy networks to provide highly efficient space and water heating for our customers in place of natural gas heating.
What is a thermal energy network and how does it work?
A thermal energy network uses the Earth’s ground temperature to provide heating and cooling through a buried piping network. The constant underground temperature serves as a heat source during winter and transfers indoor heat to the ground for cooling during the summer.
When a building requires heat in cold weather, fluid circulated through the ground loop absorbs the warmth from underground and brings it indoors where a geothermal heat pump delivers comfortable, clean, warm air throughout your indoor space.
When a building requires cooling in summer months, excess heat from indoors is absorbed and concentrated by the heat pump and sent out of the building through the ground loop and back into the ground. Your geothermal heat pump provides cool, conditioned air throughout your indoor space.
Our projects are subject to the approval of the New York Public Service Commission.
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Brooklyn, NY: We are bringing a networked geothermal system to Brooklyn, New York. The project will provide clean and efficient geothermal space conditioning to the New York City Housing Authority Vandalia Avenue buildings as well as various surrounding commercial buildings. The system will provide reliable space conditioning and reduce greenhouse gas emissions when compared to the current space conditioning systems.
Troy, NY: We are bringing a networked geothermal system to the downtown Troy area. This project will provide clean, reliable, and affordable space heating and cooling to the area and new equipment to accommodate these changes. In this project, geothermal energy will be gathered underneath the Riverfront Park and delivered to customers in the surrounding area.
Syracuse, NY: We are bringing a networked geothermal system to the Inner Harbor area of Syracuse, NY. This project will provide clean, reliable, and affordable space heating and cooling to the area and new equipment to accommodate these changes. This project will capture waste heat, which can then be beneficially reused by customers of the project.
If your property is not in the area of our proposed projects, but you are interested in a geothermal heat pump or other clean energy alternatives and incentives, check out our clean heat options for NY.
What is networked geothermal energy?
What happens when networked geothermal is installed?
Proven
Geothermal systems have been used for many years throughout the globe. Networked geothermal systems at universities have been operational for decades, providing consistent heating and cooling with cost savings and reduction in emissions.
Reliable and sustainable
Geothermal energy provides a constant energy supply in all weather conditions. Ground source heat pumps deliver consistent indoor comfort without the fluctuations that can occur with traditional systems. Geothermal energy is a sustainable energy source continuously replenished by the sun and earth’s core, providing a fossil-free heating and cooling solution to last.
Clean, Healthy, and Safe
Customers can improve air quality and reduce their carbon footprint by up to 60%.
Central Cooling
Most geothermal systems can provide both heating and cooling, a comfort upgrade for property owners with heat-only systems that rely on window/portable air conditioning and/or fans for cooling.
Quiet
Ground source heat pumps are significantly quieter than traditional equipment used with other types of heating and cooling.
Low Maintenance
Compared to traditional heating and cooling systems, geothermal systems require less maintenance to operate. The life expectancy of geothermal equipment and infrastructure is long, with heat pumps rated to last 25 years or more.
Want to learn more?
Email our geothermal team at geothermal@nationalgrid.com