By Adam Ophus

Eavor-Loop

New Eavor-Lite project plans to show and not just tell

Sep 11, 2019 | 10:56 AM

With the world leaning more and more towards green energy and renewability, technological innovations like Eavor-Loop are making huge strides.

“The Eavor-Loop technology harnesses the Earth’s natural heat kilometers underground to be used at surface for heating or to generate electricity. While the gathering of geothermal energy is not new, Eavor’s technology is highly scalable and holds the promise to be a significant global energy source which does not have the intermittency issues of traditional renewable power systems,” as explained by Eavor of their new facilities.

Eavor says the technology is different from the traditional geothermal system that does not fall under the preconceived ideas or stigmas that come with it.

“What we are doing borrows from oil & gas drilling technologies, primarily from Western Canada but with some complicated and significant edits and use it in a different way for a very different purpose,” explains Eavor chief business development officer Paul Cairns.

Recently the company Eavor have set up a $10-million test project outside of Rocky Mountain House called Eavor-Lite, a pilot project for its Eavor-Loop system that allows municipalities and average citizens to see how it works.

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They held a tour event on August 21 which had roughly 175 people attend to see the drilling rigs.

Tours to see the complete facility will begin taking part in the first quarter of 2020 allowing people to set up tours and see firsthand how the facility operates.

The municipality of Drayton Valley and Brazeau County have already embraced the new project and plan to lead the way on the new green energy path.

“Several other communities have reached out to us in the last few weeks, wanting to explore the Eavor-Loop opportunity in their area,” states Cairns. “The province and services industry in particular are keenly following us.”

Cairns went on to explain what it would take for Rocky Mountain House to be fully covered by the system “Three to four Eavor-Loops would be enough for the electrical demands of Rocky Mountain House and without increased distribution infrastructure. Heating for buildings and homes would need another 1 to 2 Eavor-Loops, but would require significant infrastructure upgrades.”

When the Eavor-Lite project is completed, Cairn says they intend to show people what it can do, more than tell them.

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