JoeWras
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Speaking of scaling... I looked into geothermal heat pumps when I was replacing my equipment about 20 years ago.
I know, I know, geo heat/cool is different than power generation. Yet it is still in the same family of ideas.
We decided against it for a few reasons.
1) Trenching would be difficult on our land because of trees and terrain.
2) Reliability issues from friend's experience.
3) Limited support from limited set of contractors
I was hoping tech would come along in this time, but it seems it hasn't. My friend's reliability issue was the loop leaked in the ground. This is a catastrophic problem when it happens. They converted to an air exchange heat pump after that problem was determined.
But maybe someday this tech can improve or get simpler.
I know, I know, geo heat/cool is different than power generation. Yet it is still in the same family of ideas.
We decided against it for a few reasons.
1) Trenching would be difficult on our land because of trees and terrain.
2) Reliability issues from friend's experience.
3) Limited support from limited set of contractors
I was hoping tech would come along in this time, but it seems it hasn't. My friend's reliability issue was the loop leaked in the ground. This is a catastrophic problem when it happens. They converted to an air exchange heat pump after that problem was determined.
But maybe someday this tech can improve or get simpler.