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Most cities don’t include adequate ground-depth rights in land titles, so home-scale geothermal in cities is almost certainly out. This isn’t a regulatory thing
by exelius 8y ago
Most cities don’t include adequate ground-depth rights in land titles, so home-scale geothermal in cities is almost certainly out. This isn’t a regulatory thing; you literally only own the first 10 feet of ground or so (hence so many horizontal geothermal systems).
Should play pretty well in the suburbs, where oil heat is more common.
- notindustry 8y agoYou're right that does prevent some drilling depending on the city and it is a shame as it locks out a lot of downtown properties. I'm also not a big fan of horizontal systems and prefer vertical fields whenever possible. Still, I'm excited because I think there is a big market for residential and commercial spaces that don't have the footprint or alley access to fit a conventional rig.