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Manitoba puts $4M into geothermal neighbourhood near Winnipeg
Manitoba's $4M Southwood Circle geothermal network will heat and cool up to 1,000 homes near the University of Manitoba, a first for the province, by 2028.
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Manitoba committed $4 million on Wednesday to build what the province calls a 'new geothermal neighbourhood' near the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus in Winnipeg. The money is part of the Net Zero Action Plan, the province's guiding document for Path to Net Zero planning. The province says the system will be the first large-scale geothermal network in Manitoba.
Southwood Circle, an 80-acre mixed-use community, is the site. Projections for the development call for the network to power heating and cooling for as many as 1,000 new homes by 2028. The community is planned with medium- and high-rise housing and up to 300,000 square feet of office and commercial space. UM Properties GP Inc., an LP controlled by a University of Manitoba trust, is the development partner.
Our hope is to transform the University of Manitoba campus into a world-leading 'UniverCity' that could one day welcome as many as 65,000 people.