Thursday, June 18, 2015

USA, New York:

Cornell University Funds Geothermal Heating Project (Cornell Chronicle)

Cornell University’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF) has given $1.2 million from its Academic Venture Fund to 11 new university projects selected from 37 proposals including a project to study how to tap heat from deep in the earth to use in heating systems in place of natural gas or other fossil fuels.

The Earth Source Heat project is a team of geologists, engineers and social scientists, including GRC Member Jefferson Tester, that will gather and analyze data, public attitudes and perceptions of geothermal energy.

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