Geothermal energy
Hot moves: how a Glasgow venue harvests heat from dancers
The Bodyheat system at warehouse venue SWG3 captures heat from the audience and funnels it 200 metres below ground to a layer of bedrock that acts like a thermal battery
Imogen Malpas
10, Oct, 2022 @10:36 AM
What harnessing geothermal power shares with fracking
The link between the fracking process and earthquakes is also a possibility in extracting geothermal energy
Paul Brown
30, Sep, 2022 @5:00 AM
Abandoned pits of former mining town fuel green revolution
Project in Seaham, County Durham, will use water from mine shafts to heat 1,500 new homes
Matthew Taylor
10, Aug, 2021 @6:00 AM
Full steam ahead for Cornwall’s geothermal energy project
Team behind project at United Downs site near Redruth say power plant will be producing electricity and heat by next year
Steven Morris
01, Jul, 2021 @5:00 AM
Eden Project to start drilling for ‘hot rocks’ to generate geothermal energy
If successful project will allow water to be injected down borehole to be superheated by rocks beneath
Steven Morris
19, Apr, 2021 @5:39 PM
Eden Project to begin drilling for clean geothermal energy
Cornwall council and EU will fund scheme to tap into ‘hot rocks’ beneath attraction
Steven Morris
14, Oct, 2019 @8:32 AM
The joys of springs: how Kenya could steam beyond fossil fuel
Engineers are tapping the Rift Valley’s subterranean energy to power an expanding economy
Jonathan Watts in Hell's Gate national park, Kenya
26, Apr, 2019 @5:00 AM
Drilling starts to tap geothermal power from Cornwall's hot rocks
Boreholes near Redruth would be UK’s deepest and could kickstart zero-carbon power source across country
Adam Vaughan
06, Nov, 2018 @5:28 PM
'Groundbreaking': Cornwall geothermal project seeks funds
The UK’s first commercial geothermal plant could come online as soon as 2020 – research suggests the technology generate a fifth of the nation’s power
Adam Vaughan
16, Jul, 2017 @2:38 PM
Could British homes be powered by Icelandic volcano?
Commercial interest is growing in plans to harness geothermal energy from Iceland’s magma lakes and use it to supply the UK and Europe
Arthur Neslen
19, May, 2017 @5:00 AM
Geothermal cooling, cycle paths and jobs: what does it take to get six green stars?
Creating a sustainable community is about more than solar energy and recycled water, says the Green Building Council
Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore
16, Jan, 2017 @2:35 AM
Solar energy and rethinking geothermal: Arena's hits and misses
As demand for sustainable energy increases, Australia’s independent renewable energy agency has to choose to fund some projects over others – to varying degrees of success
Bianca Nogrady
27, Dec, 2016 @5:17 AM
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