Posts by christine@ny-geo.org

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…

Sen. Harckham – New Geothermal Borehole Law Spurs Project in Ossining November 1, 2023 ~ Ossining, NY New York State Senator Pete Harckham marked the signing into law of his bill allowing geothermal boreholes deeper than 500 feet at a special press conference held here today on a property where WBP Development LLC is developing a 109-unit mixed…

Sustainable Westchester Recieves DOE Office of State and Community Energy Programs Renew America’s Nonprofits grant! DOE Office of State and Community Energy Programs.  This program will support energy upgrades in up to 32 project sites which will be geographically dispersed across New York State. It will also be a communication platform to encourage other nonprofits…

The IRS Has the Power to Unlock the Future of Heat Pumps TriplePundit – Sept 22, 2023 Words by Mary Riddles NY-GEO BOD member Heather Deese quote from the article,  “In order to get fossil fuels out of homes and businesses, we need to move to heat pumps,” said Heather Deese, director of policy and…