Symmetrix the solution as IKEA goes geotherman

2009-11-15

Symmetrix drilling technology has enabled a geothermal energy system to be installed at an IKEA store in Finland.

Sixty wells, each 200 m deep were drilled into bedrock in just ten days - part of a geothermal energy system for the new IKEA store in the city of Tampere, Finland.

However, when engineers started to drill a 200 metre-deep geothermal well in Tampere, Finland the bedrock proved to be more challenging than expected. Symmetrix technology from Atlas Copco came to the rescue.

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