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Geothermal Energy Networks: Transforming Our Thermal Energy System

Subject: Engineering

Art: Creator:Gerhard Emmoser, Celestial globe with clockwork, 1579 · Public domain (CC0)

Instructor: MIT and HEET
Term: January IAP 2025
Level: Non-Credit
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Session 1: Framing the Challenge

Session 2: People Landscape for Geothermal Energy Networks (GENs)

Session 3: Policy Landscape for Geothermal Energy Networks

Session 4: Scaling Geothermal Energy Networks

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Session 5: Design Principles of Geothermal Energy Networks

Session 6: Construction and Commissioning of Geothermal Energy Networks

Session 7: Researching Geothermal Energy Networks and their Impacts

Session 8: Case Studies of Geothermal Energy Networks

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Geothermal Energy Networks: Transforming Our Thermal Energy System

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Materials by section

Session 1: Framing the Challenge

Session 2: People Landscape for Geothermal Energy Networks (GENs)

Session 3: Policy Landscape for Geothermal Energy Networks

Session 4: Scaling Geothermal Energy Networks

Session 5: Design Principles of Geothermal Energy Networks

Session 6: Construction and Commissioning of Geothermal Energy Networks

Session 7: Researching Geothermal Energy Networks and their Impacts

Session 8: Case Studies of Geothermal Energy Networks

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Session Introduction: Geothermal Energy Networks: Transforming Our Thermal Energy System

Session 1-1: A Systems View of the Energy Transition and Role of Methane Emissions

Session 1-2: Carbon Reduction Pathways for Building Stocks

Session 1-3: Health Impacts of Methane ("Natural") Gas Systems

Session 2-1: An Ecological View of the Energy Transition

Session 2-2: How GENs Can Meet Environmental Justice Priorities

Session 2-3: How GENs Arose out of Moms Organizing to Protect Their Children's Future

Session 3-1: Policy Case Study on the WARMTH Act

Session 3-3: The (Geo) Thermal Energy Networks: U.S. Policy Landscape

Session 3-4: Geothermal Energy Networks: Transforming Our Thermal

Session 4-1: Networked Geothermal: The European Experience

Session 4-2: Deploying Geothermal Networks At City and Country Scale: Utility Perspective on Scaling

Session 4-3: Business Models for Community Networked Geothermal Heating and Cooling

Session 4-4: Expanding Geothermal Energy Networks at a Global Scale

Session 5-1: Introduction to Geothermal Heat Pumps

Session 5-2: Differences Between Geothermal Heat Pumps and GEN

Session 5-3: Introduction to Design of GENs

Session 6-2: Emerging Code & Standards for Ambient Temperature Loops

Session 6-3: Introduction to Drilling Geothermal Boreholes

Session 6-4: Constructing and Commissioning of a GEN

Session 7-2: Learning from Geothermal Energy Networks

Session 7-3: Techno-Economic Modeling of GENs with HEATNETS Model

Session 8-1: ATL District Systems Overview

Session 8-2: Framingham, Massachusetts UTEN Pilot Project Overview

Session 8-3: Thermal Energy Network Evolution of the Penn South Community in Manhattan

8-4: Intro to the MIT Thermal Energy Networks Plan for Rapid, Cost-Effective Campus Decarbonization