An offshore pump to tap fluids like 1000°C lava or the cold Aquilo ocean.
Transfers, supplies, or sinks heat energy between it and connected heat-pipes.
Not in the vanilla game, no. But there are plenty of mods, like TFMG that include a mechanic of heat being a waste product that must be handled and removed, or entities stop working, or explode.
Simply put, the option is there, whether you need it or not.
