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Geothermal Heat Pump Industry Battles Tax Reform

To balance substantial tax cuts, the draft bill eliminates or shortens scores of tax breaks, including those currently in place for geothermal heat pumps.

March 6, 2014

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The geothermal heat pump industry has been buzzing about tax reform since the House Ways and Means Committee released a proposal by Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) on Feb. 26.

Atlas Copco Wins Contract for Drill Delivery

Minera Los Pelambres chose Atlas Copco’s Drilling Solutions division to deliver four large blasthole drills for copper mining.

March 4, 2014

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Atlas Copco won a contract to deliver a number of large range Pit Viper rotary blasthole drills to Chilean mining company Minera Los Pelambres.

Geothermal Heat Pumps Offer Solution During Winter Crises

For those dealing with the cold and shortages of high-priced fuels under the brunt of the Polar Vortex, there is an alternative—geothermal heat pumps.

Ted Clutter

February 17, 2014

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There’s nothing like a crisis to increase awareness, especially when that crisis is COLD.

The International Ground Source Heat Pump Association holds regular training workshops for drillers, installers, loop designers and others.

IGSHPA Takes Geothermal Drilling Contractors to School

Classes Give Contractors Accreditation for Vertical Loop Installation

Jeremy Verdusco

February 1, 2014

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The Driller attended last fall’s International Ground Source Heat Pump Association Technical Conference and Expo in Las Vegas. We did an extensive interview with the keynote speaker, Eric Corey Freed, leading up to the show, but it took us a while to nail down an interview about the group’s Accredited Driller’s Workshop.

Modular Geothermal System Pays Off for Ditch Witch Manufacturer

Modular Chiller System Uses Geothermal to Fight Energy Costs

Judy Linder

February 1, 2014

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In the late 1940s, 28- year-old Ed Malzahn applied a combination of knowledge from his father’s blacksmith business and his degree in mechanical engineering to produce a machine that would revolutionize the underground construction industry as we know it today.

NGWA Weighs in on State of the Union

January 30, 2014

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The group's president says Obama left an important technology out of his energy initiatives.

Fleming College features a state-of-the-art service facility where students get first-hand experience maintaining the rigs theyÃ¢â¬â¢ll use in the job market.

College Equips Students for Drilling Jobs

Brandon Wronski

January 1, 2014

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Surrounded by serene lakes and winding rivers is Lindsay, Ontario, home to a very advanced and unique drilling school: Fleming College’s Resources Drilling and Blasting program. It is the only program of its kind in the world, offering an impressive combination of technical training and hands-on experience in all sectors of the drilling industry.

Drillers with Colaluce Well & Pump Service feed Twister piping from a reel into a borehole at a jobsite in New Jersey.

New Drilling Product Makes Geothermal Drilling Easier

Robert J. Sincovich

January 1, 2014

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A leading and long-established well drilling firm in northern New Jersey found that working with a completely new ground loop heat exchanger called “Twister,” an innovative option for use in heat pump systems, required significantly less time and effort to get the job done and resulted in savings of up to about 25 percent in cost.

Geothermal boreholes, like water wells, are drilled into the ground. But thatâs where the similarities stop, according to GEO President and CEO Douglas A. Dougherty.

Geothermal, Water Well Drilling Demand Different Regulations

Douglas Dougherty

January 1, 2014

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The geothermal heat pump (GHP) industry prides itself on offering an efficient, environmentally friendly technology for satisfying the thermal loads of buildings. To do so, a GHP system relies on circulating water through pipes placed underground (either vertically or horizontally) to tap the natural heat retained by the earth.