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The hayter group is amongst the largest geothermal contractors in ontario. Canada has no commercial geothermal power plants despite having abundant potential and ironically canadian energy companies running geothermal power plants around the world. Ontario would need to generate more. It is the only governing body that will work on your behalf if your geothermal system does not perform as it should down the road.

The grc annual meeting is the industry s largest annual gathering of leading geothermal energy scientists producers renewable energy industry stakeholders regulators utilities and key associated business leaders the three day online event will offer technical policy. Canadian geothermal energy association cangea cascadia chapter u s. The ontario geothermal association oga is a not for profit organization representing geothermal energy system designers drillers installers equipment manufacturers and distributors to advance ontario s geothermal heating and cooling industry. A buyer s guide and heating and cooling with a heat pump.

Some see geothermal as the future of home heating in ontario. The ontario ministry of energy and infrastructure offer a good overview of geothermal systems. Geothermal energy and its potential in canada by clean energy canada. There are only 462 companies in all of canada registered with the canadian geoexchange coalition cgc.

But with a pricetag that s twice as much as some of the other options it likely won t happen without some help from the government. Csa c448 design and installation of earth energy systems. The upcoming 2020 geothermal resources council annual meeting will be held online between october 18 to october 21. Earth energy society of canada.

For more detailed information check natural resources canada s residential earth energy systems. Air conditioning refrigeration institute. 1 razor energy corp. There are around 1 000 000 geothermal systems installed in the us and canada to date saving more than 21 000 000 barrels of crude oil each year.

Installing a geothermal system has the same effect on the environment in greenhouse gas emission reductions to equal planting an acre of trees. This media brief outlines how geothermal power and direct heat use works introduces some direct heat use applications that can be used in canada and presents the current geothermal projects in canada including alberta no. Ontario grid connected peak demand for 2017 21 786 mw in following outlooks the annual consumption of electricity could increase to between 177 twh and 197 twh by 2035.