deep geothermal energy News
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Search for hot rocks heats up with £1m fund
The Deep Geothermal Energy Fund, administered by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, will be open to applications until 29 October. The fund will help companies carry out exploratory work needed to find viable sites for this technology. Deep geothermal energy uses the natural heat found kilometres underground to produce renewable, non-intermittent electricity and heat at the surface. ...
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Deep Geothermal ETIP invites expressions of interest in new Steering Committee membership 2017-2020
The deep geothermal ETIP was launched in March 2016. Since then, a provisional Steering Committee of the deep geothermal ETIP manages the technology platform and its working groups. The Geothermal ETIP is an open stakeholder group, including representatives from industry, academia, research centres, and sectoral associations, covering the entire deep geothermal energy exploration, production and ...
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Three winners get hot £1.1m prize in Geothermal competition
Three geothermal projects run by Keele University, Newcastle and Durham University and Cofely District Energy in Southampton have won a total of £1.1 million in funding from the Government’s Deep Geothermal Challenge Fund’s second round. Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change Greg Barker said: “I want to ensure that geothermal energy – which is both ...
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Edward Davey launches collective switching scheme Cornwall together
Edward Davey is at the Eden Project in Cornwall today, launching the new collective switching scheme Cornwall Together. The groundbreaking scheme will enable people across Cornwall to join together as a single powerful unit to negotiate cheaper energy bills - delivering Cornish households and businesses up to an estimated £3.7million worth of savings. In a keynote speech delivered at the ...
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Screening tool developed to assess seismic risks from geothermal energy projects
A new screening tool to assess the potential seismic risks (earthquake activity) from deep geothermal energy projects has been outlined in a recent study. The tool provides categories of seismicity risk for projects, which are dependent on factors including geological aspects, as well as social concern and location in relation to urban areas. The development of a range of low-carbon technologies ...
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Government proposals to simplify deep underground access for shale gas and geothermal industries
The Government is launching a consultation on proposals to simplify the existing procedure for shale gas and oil and deep geothermal underground drilling access. The new proposals would simplify procedures which are costly time-consuming and disproportionate for new methods of underground drilling. Oil, gas and deep geothermal companies will be able to explore their potential, and will in return ...
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Government to remove barriers to onshore oil and gas and deep geothermal exploration
Now more than ever, the UK needs secure domestic energy supplies. Since 2003, as North Sea Oil has declined, we have become a net importer of oil and gas and are now increasingly dependent on international energy resources. It is essential that we make the most of home-sourced energy and start exploring the natural energy supplies beneath our feet. Our vision for Britain is for a prosperous low ...
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Ed Davey speech at the Eden Project on the `Cornwall together` initiative
It’s absolutely fantastic to be here at the Eden Project, whose low-carbon credentials are impeccable. The world’s first eco car show. Plans for an 80% cut in emissions by 2020. And a new deep geothermal energy system, drawing heat from Cornish stone to warm the biomes and feed into the grid. These are all real achievements. But what I find most impressive is the work Tim and the ...
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Deep geothermal symposium: Gregory Barker speech
INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT Thank you for the opportunity to address the Symposium today. I spoke last year at an event alongside the 1st Symposium to mark the UK’s membership of the IEA’s (International Energy Association) Geothermal Implementing Agreement. An agreement that has the mission to foster learning between countries and support the development of geothermal energy across the ...
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National Geothermal Data System Deployed to Serve Industry
The National Geothermal Data System deploys free, open-source online scientific information, a mammoth resource of geoscience data. In the data visualization shown here, Schlumberger utilized bottom hole temperatures from the National Geothermal Data Systems (NDGS) on-line platform to supplement subscription data temperatures used to create basin-wide 3D temperature models in Petrel Exploration ...
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Scotland First: Why Dundee’s New V+A Redefines Energy Efficiency
The Victoria & Albert Museum of Design Dundee, the only V&A museum located outside of London is set to open this September 15. Now, for the first time and in one place, V&A Dundee will explore Scotland's design heritage, blending architectural expression with energy conscious design. Sitting on the banks of the River Tay, the angular form of V&A Dundee demands attention. The ...
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Department of Energy awards up to $38 million to advance technology and reduce cost of geothermal energy
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced $38 million over three years for projects to accelerate the development of promising geothermal energy technologies and help diversify America’s sources of clean, renewable energy. Thirty-two innovative projects in 14 states will develop and test new ways to locate geothermal resources and improve resource characterization, drilling, and ...
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