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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Netherlands:

Heating the Hothouse - How Low Can the Netherlands Go With Deep Geothermal? (PressDoc - Press Release)

(Courtesy CIA.gov)
Using geothermal energy to heat greenhouses is taking off fast in the Netherlands.

Rabobank sees further increasing geothermal energy use as a major and relatively cheap step towards achieving the Netherland’s renewable energy goals and a means to improve the financials and the stability of the Dutch greenhouse industry.

Geothermal energy could replace an estimated 2 percent (22pj) of national natural gas consumption at an estimated investment cost of EUR 1.6 bn.

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