Texas has the largest geothermal development in the US
EcoSmart Solution, a leader in green energy services, recently built the largest GeoGrid geothermal heating and cooling infrastructure in the U.S. Located in Austin, Texas it is a new housing development called Whisper Valley. The infrastructure pulls heat from the earth to heat and cool entire neighborhoods instead of single homes. The development led to construction of 400 zero-energy capable homes with some residents seeing energy bills as low as $1.
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A large network of geothermal pipes are used to cool homes in Texas summers and heat them in the winters. This is especially useful to Texans concerned about energy grid reliability, such as last winters’ storms causing power outages. Furthermore, geothermal pipes aren’t damaged by ice aboveground like electrical lines.
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