Sinopec fully launched geothermal heating services this winter

On November 15, Sinopec Nova launched its geothermal heating service this winter
.
This year's heating season, Xinxing has put into operation more than 700 heat exchange stations with a heating capacity of nearly 85 million square meters, providing clean heating services for millions of households in more than 60 cities and counties in Tianjin, Shaanxi, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Hubei and other places, and is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 4.
2 million tons
per year.

Sinopec continues to promote the development of geothermal industry in Xiong'an New Area, pictured is a bird's eye view of Xiong'an New Area

In order to ensure timely, high-quality and efficient heating, Xinxing Company made full preparations before the heating season, formulated clean heating plans in detail, guided all subordinates to carry out heating preparations from the aspects of organizational support, equipment and material support, and carried out information platform expansion and function upgrades for nearly 400 geothermal field stations to effectively improve resource utilization and heating efficiency
。 At the same time, the company adheres to innovative service methods, explores the establishment of a unified customer service system of the company, and successively establishes 54 heating customer service centers covering secondary and secondary regional companies and grassroots stations in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places, and opens a customer service hotline to answer questions related to heating related questions in a timely manner
.

Geothermal energy is a stable, reliable, green and low-carbon, renewable energy that can be recycled, not affected by natural conditions such as weather and climate, and the average energy utilization rate is much higher than that of solar and wind energy
.
Geothermal energy resources are buried 1500-2500 meters underground, with the characteristics of large reserves, wide distribution, clean and environmental protection, and can be used in power generation, heating and other fields
.

Sinopec Nova employees conduct inspections during heating
.

Over the years, Sinopec has continuously promoted the large-scale and cost-effective development of geothermal energy, and innovatively formed six core technology systems
integrating geothermal exploration technology, drilling technology, automatic control technology, cascade utilization technology, reinjection technology and clean energy integration technology.
At present, Sinopec has one key laboratory of geothermal energy and more than 100 technical patents
.
Relying on technological development, Sinopec has built a cumulative clean heating capacity of nearly 85 million square meters, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 4.
2 million tons
per year.
Geothermal business covers more than 60 cities in China, becoming the largest medium and deep geothermal energy development and utilization enterprise in China, and the company's geothermal energy development case in Xiongxian County has been listed in the global promotion project directory by the International Renewable Energy Agency
.

It is reported that the 7th World Geothermal Congress hosted by Sinopec will be held
in Beijing in October 2023.
The World Geothermal Congress is known as the "Olympics of geothermal energy", and this is the first time that China has held this international event
.