{"id":1171,"date":"2020-07-18T22:49:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T22:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2020-07-20T21:23:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T21:23:17","slug":"update-think-big-norwich-why-not-community-geothermal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/18\/update-think-big-norwich-why-not-community-geothermal\/","title":{"rendered":"[Update] Think Big Norwich: Why Not Community Geothermal?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norwich20District20Heating20Study202010.pdf-691x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1176\"\/><figcaption>Map of the Proposed Heat District in 2010 Norwich Energy Committee Report <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the reasons I plan to vote against Article 8 is that the Town Facilities Working Group gave no consideration to a geothermal heating district.  Unbeknownst to me, the Energy Committee backed the idea of a heating district for the Village in a 2010 report. That  report, as well as a pilot project in Massachusetts, are the reasons for this update. Time to dust off that 2010 report and do some legwork!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in February, I wrote a <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/17\/think-big-norwich-why-not-community-geothermal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blog post<\/a> about West Union, Iowa, population of about 2,500. In 2014, it created a municipal heating district that provides geothermal heating and cooling to about 60 businesses within three blocks of the city&#8217;s main square. In <a href=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/17\/think-big-norwich-why-not-community-geothermal\/\">that post<\/a>, I wondered why the Town was not considering that option. Instead, Article 8 proposed Tracy Hall go it alone and create a single user geothermal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that post, I said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Perhaps,Town officials are not thinking big enough with their geothermal proposal for Tracy Hall on the ballot for Town Meeting. Imagine, instead, a community geothermal project, available to homes, churches, and businesses within a couple of blocks of Tracy Hall. Talk about a reduction in carbon footprint!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2010 Norwich Energy Committee Report<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>My post had one error (at least), however. I was unaware that the Town has previously considered community geothermal. The Norwich Energy Committee assessed the prospects of a geothermal heat district for the Village in a 2010 Report. The Report&#8217;s conclusion:<strong> the project deserved further study. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t recall any public official mentioning the 2010 Report in any public presentation to voters about Article 8. Please correct me if I am wrong because it seems like a significant oversight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Town&#8217;s consultant, Energy Efficient Investments (EEI), did not mention the 2010 Report in its presentation to the Selectboard on January 15. There, it dismissed the concept of a heating district.  At about 49 minutes in on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/catv.cablecast.tv\/CablecastPublicSite\/show\/10879?channel=2\" target=\"_blank\">CATV video<\/a>, Mike Davey of EEI wonders whether businesses would want to be customers and whether the Town wanted to a public utility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because EEI gets paid only if Article 8 is approved, its advice about geothermal heating districts is possibly not disinterested. In fact, EEI&#8217;s speculation about lack of consumer interest runs counter to the survey results published in the 2010 Norwich Energy Committee Report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Consumer Interest <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2010 Report saw the &#8220;largest hurdle&#8221; to a district heat project as gaining &#8220;acceptance of a large enough share of the consumers in the district to allow the concept to be feasible.&#8221; A survey indicated that 56% of the property owners responding were interested in the concept. A mere 8% said no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norwich20District20Heating20Study202010.pdf-1-1024x239.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norwich20District20Heating20Study202010.pdf-1-1024x239.png 1024w, https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norwich20District20Heating20Study202010.pdf-1-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norwich20District20Heating20Study202010.pdf-1-768x179.png 768w, https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Norwich20District20Heating20Study202010.pdf-1.png 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>2010 Norwich Energy Committee Report at 21.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast forward to 2020. I am going to go out on limb and posit that because of increased concern about climate change, most property owners in Village would be very interested in a geothermal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Village heating district deserves more study. Seems like a good task for Norwich&#8217;s share of the new Regional Energy Coordinator position. Under the draft agreement, Norwich is entitled to approximately 472 hours of work from that person per year. See <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/norwich.vt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SB-packet-07-08-20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Selectboard packet for July 8, 2020<\/a> at page 38.  Note, however, that TRORC may dump Norwich from the pilot program, for the sin of asking too many questions. See Selectboard packet for July 22 meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Massachusetts <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A Massachusetts gas utility is exploring district heating using geothermal. In <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/earthwhile\/2020\/01\/13\/heat-eversource-geothermal-energy-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">January 2020, public radio station WBUR reported<\/a> that Eversource proposed &#8220;three different pilot projects to Massachusetts regulators in order to prove that [geothermal] networked systems are feasible.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/heetma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/HEET-BH-GeoMicroDistrict-Final-Report-v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geo Micro District feasibility study<\/a> by the nonprofit HEET heavily influenced Eversource&#8217;s thinking. The feasibility study &#8220;explores whether replacing segments of the aging natural gas infrastructure in Massachusetts with ground source heat pump technology can meet heating and cooling needs at various building densities,&#8221; according to a <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/heetma.org\/2020\/06\/20\/heet-in-the-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">news release by HEET<\/a> announcing its receipt of the APA Sustainable Communities Division award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Norwich Village obviously has no gas lines. However, as noted in the 2010 Norwich Energy Committee Report the water lines serving the Village provide a means of delivering geothermal heating and cooling to buildings. Former Selectboard member Steve Flanders revisited that concept in <a href=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/20\/selectboard-says-no-to-agenda-item-on-saving-450000-on-tracy-hall-geothermal-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his April 2020 memorandum to the Selectboard<\/a>. The <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/30\/observations-norwich-selectboard-meeting-of-4-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Board declined to hear a short presentation<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Opera-Snapshot_2020-07-16_203847_heetma.org_-1024x811.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1174\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, the HEET feasibility study focused on a prototype geothermal system serving a single street segment. See picture above. Importantly, Norwich may soon get an opportunity to build its own geothermal street segment. The School Board is thinking about a sewer connection to Hartford. Digging a trench along the Main Street side of the Green for a sewer line also presents a piggyback opportunity to install a geothermal line. Such a geothermal line has the potential to serve Tracy Hall, Marion Cross School, the business block opposite the Green, as well as St. Barnabas Church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-small-font-size has-blue-color has-light-gray-background-color\"><strong><em>Thanks for reading my blog. If you want to subscribe, please submit your email address in the subscribe box in the right hand column above.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the reasons I plan to vote against Article 8 is that the Town Facilities Working Group gave no consideration to a geothermal heating district. Unbeknownst to me, the Energy Committee backed the idea of a heating district for the Village in a 2010 report. That report, as well as a pilot project in Massachusetts, are the reasons for this update. Time to dust off that 2010 report and do some legwork! 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