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Hot water under Paris?
Article published on the 2009-04-02 Latest update 2009-04-02 12:48 TU
Workers at the CPCU geothermic drilling site in Paris, March 2009
(Photo: Sarah Elzas)
Two kilometers under the French capital, hot water bubbles warm enough to heat thousands of homes. With fossil fuel prices unpredictable, heating companies are turning elsewhere. Geothermic heat from underground is a clean, potentially infinite source of renewable energy. The Paris area is above a basin of hot water that's just waiting to be tapped into. Now the conditions are right for that to start happening.
Rendezvous: clean, green geothermic energy
The CPCU geothermic drilling tower in northern Paris, March 2009
(Photo: Sarah Elzas)
Pipes at the SEMHACH geothermic heat plant in Chevilly Larue, March 2009
(Photo: Sarah Elzas)
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