Mount Grant Hospital in Hawthorne won a $25,000 grant for a feasibility study and engineering assistance in replacing its fossil-fuel fired heating system with a geothermal heating system.
Initial estimates suggest the hospital could save as much as $100,000 per year in fuel costs, and the project could be the first step towards the development of a citywide heating district.
The grant was awarded through Geo-Powering the West, a program within the U.S.
Department of Energy, Chilton Engineering of Elko, meanwhile, received a $7,000 grant for engineering assistance to help create a geothermally heated industrial park to be located on the west edge of Elko.
The Oregon Institute of Technology's Geo-Heat Center at Klamath Falls will serve as the technical consultant on both projects.
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