USA, Texas: Funding Provided for Fort Bliss Geothermal District Heating Network

Energy Department Accelerates Energy and Water Efficiency Advancement at Federal Facilities via Performance Contracts (News Release)

Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $5 million in funding for 11 federal agency projects to catalyze the adoption of energy and water efficiency and renewable energy technologies at facilities across the Federal Government. 

Projects funded under the 2019 AFFECT Federal Agency Call include a geothermal district heating system:

Fort Bliss, U.S. Army: (El Paso, Texas) Develop a geothermal resource by collecting geothermal site data and leveraging an earlier collaboration with DOE’s Geothermal Technologies Office that would implement a renewable, geothermal district heating system, increasing the resilience posture of the base and reducing reliance on exterior energy sources.

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