Google-Alphabet turns ‘moonshot’ into business with promise of cheaper geothermal heating and cooling for homes

The new firm spun off from Google parent Alphabet was born in the company’s "X" division for experimental "moonshots," but it actually represents the opposite of a moonshot.

Dandelion looks not toward the sky, but deep into the earth, to warm homes in the winter and cool them in the summer.

"Home geothermal systems can offer lower and steadier monthly energy costs because they use the energy in the ground under your yard," Dandelion CEO Kathy Hannun wrote in a July 6 blog post.

By Ethan Baron

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