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That kind of district heating already exists and it uses heat pumps to raise the temps. Basically you run a huge AC somewhere and dump the hot side not into air
by actionfromafar 1y ago
That kind of district heating already exists and it uses heat pumps to raise the temps. Basically you run a huge AC somewhere and dump the hot side not into air but into district heating.
- AnthonyMouse 1y agoThat's actually not that bad. Then it's no longer "free" but it would be more efficient than running heat pumps against the cold outside air, and then you could run them in reverse during the summer to cool the data center.