Sensus measures geothermal energy in pioneering project in Madrid underground

Sensus, the metering systems leader, is playing a key role in a pioneering clean energy project in Spain that is exploiting geothermal energy in the underground system in Madrid (Metro). Working with Spanish companies Termoterra and IFTec Geoenergía, Sensus became involved last summer (in 2009) in a project to use the metro environment as a means of cooling and heating the platforms, offices and commercial space of the Pacífico Metro station by installing a geothermal heat pump. How it works During the daily operations of the metro system, there is a gradual warming of the ground from a