Geneva's 150,000 Residence to Have Geothermal Heating

Geneva's pilot project, as reported in Think Geothermal, to provide geothermal heating to 150,000 residence from this first project alone. At 744 meters they reached water that is a constant 33 degrees Celsius, and it flows at 50 liters per second. What has been learned will inform a scientific and regulatory framework for developing sustainable geothermal heating and energy throughout the country.

The Footprint of the Geothermal Project is extremely small, and so will be the facility. (Source: Geothermie2020)

On the other side of the Swiss border, France has been following their progress and will implement their own systems to provide this low-cost clean heat and power. Like a number of cities in the world such as Reykjavik,  the heating of buildings and hot waters for showers will be much less expensive and completely fossil fuel free and not draw against the electical grid.
Details about this project can be found at the following link: http://www.geothermie2020.ch 

Hot water flows at well drilled in Geneva/ Switzerland, June 2018 (Source: Geothermie2020)

B.C. Has Enough Geothermal Potential to Power Entire Province and Export Large Surplus

The British Columbia Resource Estimate Mapping Project has created a database that demonstrates BC as enough geothermal energy to power the entire province. However, this is based only on the shallowest studies of sedimentary zones where the data exists. It is well known that the extensive volcanic zones where data does not exist have much greater potential for geothermal power. So it is much more likely that geothermal potential of the Province could power not only the Province,  but it could become an enormous exporter of clean and cheap electrical energy.

Geothermal electric power is the cheapest energy on the planet with the smallest footprint and runs 24 hours a day 7 days a week forever. It is not dependent on wind, sunshine or rainfall.

New Pipe Line Explodes

Pipelines are cheaper than rail but not safer, in this instance, TransCanada Pipelines got really lucky and no one was injured but these lines also go through heavily populated areas, what if.....

TransCanada Pipeline Explodes in West Virginia. A newly installed TransCanada natural gas pipeline exploded early Thursday in the remote Nixon Ridge area of Marshall County in West Virginia. No injuries were reported but flames and smoke from the blast could be seen as far as 20 miles away, residents told local media. Area police told CBS News the fire was "very large—if you can see it from your house, evacuate."