Stanford Geothermal Workshop
February 9-11, 2026

Ground Source (Geothermal) Vs Air to Water Heat Pumps Fight, A Reliability View

Davide MARITAN

[Geotherm srl Earth Energy Systems, Italy]

In Europe ground source heat pumps have been suffering the competition of a large offer of air-to water heat pumps. But what does happen on the reliability side? This article presents a study of the aftersales issues and defects, over 10 years, on both the technologies, we had to fix. Some statistical analysis can be done on the data collected.

Topic: Low Temperature

          At the moment this paper is not allocated to a session.

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