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Cape Station, future home of an enhanced geothermal power plant, in Utah

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177 points mooreds | 1 comments | 06 Sep 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ericfr11 ◴[06 Sep 25 21:24 UTC] No.45152982[source]▶
It's been very common in Europe for years. People even have individual heat pump at home. US is so much behind on new technologies
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Ozarkian ◴[06 Sep 25 21:27 UTC] No.45153016[source]▶
You didn't understand the article. A home heat pump isn't a power source.
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foobarian ◴[06 Sep 25 21:45 UTC] No.45153158[source]▶
Nit: yes, home geothermal is a power source, technically. But yea not in the way an electrical generation plant is.
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lajy ◴[06 Sep 25 22:05 UTC] No.45153294{3}[source]▶
Heat pump != Geothermal energy generation, or any energy generation at that

Home geothermal /could/ be a power source, sure, but I do not believe that’s what OP intended to say when mentioning heat pumps. I’d be pretty surprised if it was becoming common in Europe to have home geothermal

A heat pump (which are more common in Europe, but they’re gaining popularity in the US) is essentially a reversible air conditioner that can take advantage of the latent energy in the air to move heat very efficiently. They’re a great invention, but they have nothing to do with producing energy

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1. CobrastanJorji ◴[07 Sep 25 00:08 UTC] No.45154038{4}[source]▶
They certainly don't produce electricity. However, if you put in 1 kW of electricity, you might get 5 kW of heat added to your house. So in a sense, it is producing energy.