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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $6.3 million to two Indiana colleges to install environmentally friendly geothermal
energy systems.
Ball State University is getting $5 million toward a $60 million project to replace coal fired
boilers with geothermal heat pump systems. And the Indiana Institute of Technology will receive $1.3 million to install geothermal
heat pumps using carbon dioxide as the cooling medium.
Geothermal systems use buried pipes to tap into the Earth’s
natural heat storage capacity to both heat and cool.
Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar says geothermal technologies hold
a tremendous potential for energy savings in the nation’s buildings. He said a Department of Energy study found that aggressive
deployment of geothermal technology could save the nation up to $38 billion by 2030.
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