Posts by christine@ny-geo.org

NYSERDA Study Confirms: COREFROST™ Outperforms Traditional Antifreeze NYSERDA Study Confirms: COREFROST™ Outperforms Traditional Antifreeze in Geothermal Systems June 25, 2025 -NYSERDA—the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority—is a nationally respected public agency known for advancing clean energy innovation and supporting objective, science-based analysis. Their work is highly regarded among engineers, policymakers, and clean energy…

Brightcore Drilling in DC D.C. Public Housing Officials Drill Deep to Heat and Cool New Homes March 15, 2025 – The driving force behind the effort at the redeveloped Barry Farm public housing complex in Southeast Washington was hockey legend Mike Richter, who now heads the company responsible for carrying out the $5.5 million geothermal…

Ontario Geothermail Association 2025 Conference “Embracing the Shift” OGA’s Conference, May 21st and May 22nd is all about bringing stakeholders together. Join us for networking, collaborations and initiatives that will help Municipal advisors, HVACR professionals, consulting engineers & designers, as well as developers, educators and utilities Canada reach its 2030 and 2050 climate action goals.…

Geothermal Network Turns on in Framingham, MA Celebrating the First-in-the-Nation Gas Utility Built Geothermal Network June 4, 2024: In Framingham, Massachusetts, there is not much to see for the commissioning celebration that Eversource is hosting today, but that is a feature of this clean energy technology.  With its pipes and boreholes five feet below the…

Versaprofiles Receives Project of the Year Award The 1 Java Street project in Brooklyn, New York was selected as the Building and Construction Division Project of the Year of the Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) at its 2023 awards event. A distinct characteristic of the project is that it will be the largest mixed-use development in New York…

Heat Pumps Outsell Gas Furnaces Again! NYSERDA Featured Story 5.21.24 – NYSERDA: For the second consecutive year, heat pumps – an emission-free dual heating and cooling technology – beat out gas-powered furnaces in total units sold in the U.S. Americans bought 3,616,632 heat pumps in 2023, compared to 2,989,516 gas furnaces, according to data from…

Brightcore Energy Commences Construction on Innovative Geothermal Project at Bard College March 9, 2024: Geothermal heating and cooling system to further Bard’s already advanced sustainability initiatives and its first application of the technology to transform an existing building with a fossil-fuel-fired boiler plant and conventional chiller system to a ground-source heat exchanger and heat pump…

Governor Hochul Announces Energy Affordability Plan and Actions to Accelerate Clean Energy Future January 9, 2024: NYS Governor Kathy Hochul State of the State included much for the geothermal industry to be excited about. Governor Hochul’s commitment to energy affordability has resulted in an average savings of $1,400 for each eligible utility customer. Governor Hochul…

Department of Energy Analysis Shows that Geothermal Heat Pumps can Decarbonize Buildings, while Reducing Grid Transmission Needs and Saving Energy. On Wednesday, December 6, Alejandro Moreno, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the EERE at U.S. DOE presented at the IGSHPA conference.  As his presentation went into a fireside chat the DOE announced the results…

NY-GEO Member Energy Catalyst Wins DOE Grant to Expand Geo Heat Pump Manufacturing Defense Production Act Heat Pump Program Selections – “Energy Catalyst plans to retrofit a facility that will allow their manufacturing capabilities to meet the current and expected future geothermal heat pump demand. Energy Catalyst (EC) will outlay $10M for a… facility that will contain…