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Yes, though its not geothermal preciously - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Landing_Solar_Community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Landing_Solar_Commun
by shagie 3y ago
Yes, though its not geothermal preciously - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Landing_Solar_Community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Landing_Solar_Community
> The Drake Landing Solar Community (DLSC) is a planned community in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada, equipped with a central solar heating system and other energy efficient technologies.
> In 2012 the installation achieved a world record solar fraction of 97%; that is, providing that amount of the community's heating requirements with solar energy over a one-year time span.
> In 2015–2016 season the installation achieved a solar fraction of 100%. This was achieved by the borehole thermal storage system (BTES) finally reaching high temperature after years of charging, as well as improving control methods, operating pumps at lower speed most of the time, reducing extra energy need as well using weather forecasts to optimize transfer of heat between different storage tanks and loops. During some other years, auxiliary gas heaters are used for a small fraction of the year to provide heat to a district loop. The systems operate at coefficient of performance of 30.
https://www.dlsc.ca https://www.dlsc.ca
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/drake-landing-solar-community https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/drake-landi...
http://proceedings.ises.org/paper/swc2017/swc2017-0033-Mesquita.pdf http://proceedings.ises.org/paper/swc2017/swc2017-0033-Mesqu...