The city of Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine) will transform one of its heating networks to connect a third of its population to geothermal energy.
The objective: heating with clean energy thanks to underground water tables.
In Île-de-France, more and more municipalities are turning to this system, which provides heating and hot water from the basement, where the water temperature is between 50 and 95 degrees.
In Meudon, it is the district of Meudon-la-Forêt, which has around 15,000 inhabitants, which will be connected to geothermal energy.
According to estimates by Engie and the municipality, this will prevent the emission of 17,700 tonnes of CO2 per year.
Generally, geothermal energy alone is not enough to supply the networks to which it is attached, which must be supplemented with other energies, such as gas.
In the district of Meudon-la-Forêt, gas will only be used at 17%.
The approach is ecological, but also economical.
“Depending on the evolution of the gas price, the reduction on the bill will be between 25 and 40%”, assessed the mayor (UDI) of Meudon, Denis Larghero.
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