The metropolis of Lyon (Rhône) wants to set up the “Saône et Yzeron” district heating network in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon. She approved this project on June 24 by launching a consultation of the industrialists involved in building it, reports Progress. This Thursday, November 14, a public meeting organized in Francheville will inform the public and discuss the project with residents.
The boiler room should be built in a field and “80 km of underground pipes” should connect it to public buildings (hospitals, museum, swimming pools, school groups) and condominiums. The boiler room should run on wood, solar, geothermal and biogas.
“Significant geothermal potential”
Wood seems to be the favored fuel according to internal metropolitan documents consulted by Progress. The metropolis remains cautious, specifying that “at this stage, aspects such as the size of the network, the means of heat production and the buildings which will be connected have not yet been defined”.
In addition, she recently learned that “significant geothermal potential” exists in the area. But we will have to wait several weeks to find out more and see this data integrated into the specifications for candidate companies. In any case, this future boiler room will be the “second most extensive heating network in the Metropolis” and “one of the fifteen largest in France,” said the vice-president (EELV) of the Energy.
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