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Geothermal networks: the free battery under our feet - Marketplace

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Sign up for the Marketplace newsletter to get the day’s biggest business stories, our economic analysis, and explainers to help you live smarter, straight to your inbox every weekday evening. As the country tries to decarbonize, more things are going electric — not just cars and buses, but heating systems too. New York expects its electricity demand to double by 2050 and Massachusetts expects peak seasonal demand to move from summer to winter, on account of electric heating, by 2036 and more than double by 2050. Accommodating this will cost billions of dollars. National Grid, a utility in Massachusetts, said it will have to increase spending eightfold to meet the coming demand. That demand, and legislation, (PDF) have lit a fire under utilities, which are looking for ways to carry the burden. One way is being tested in a small neighborhood in Framingham, Massachusetts. At the end of a parking lot is what looks like a 30-foot-tall mechanical scorpion’s tail. “What we’re looking at now i

Geothermal networks: the free battery under our feet - Marketplace Marketplace® Every story is an economic story Donate Volume 00:00 -- : -- listen [undefined] --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -------- ---- ---- ---- Nov 27, 2023 There’s a battery underneath your feet, and utilities want to use it As the U.S. decarbonizes, it will need a lot more electricity. Geothermal energy networks may be a cost-effective part of the solution. by Sabri Ben-Achour Listen Now Save Share Download Underground geothermal pipes provide energy to ground source heat pumps, pictured above, which heat and cool bui

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