Re: Geothermal Energy what’s not to like...
Earth quakes in the East Midlands are caused by the pumping of toxic waste onto relatively shallow boreholes by the military/ministry of defence, they also pump waste into other boreholes NW of Shropshire that have caused earthquakes on a regular three/four year periods for longer than I can remember.
The heat map that the government publishes is based on relatively shallow test boreholes. What I am proposing is deep enhanced wells which can reach into hot rock almost anywhere in the U.K. With the current advances in the ability to drill to depths in excess of ten kilometres the heat map becomes somewhat irrelevant, except that the deeper you drill, obviously the higher the cost.
The project at Eden in Cornwall is unusual in geothermal energy in that the water, working fluid, injection is into the top of a geological fault, where it percolates down gathering thermal energy, the hot water being extracted from the bottom of the fault, into the thermal generating plant, to provide electricity and local district heating for the Eden site. The project used one of the most advanced drilling rigs in the world and was impressive to watch it work, very safe with little direct human interaction on the rig platform, a marvel to behold, modern engineering at its best.!!’
Biting the hand that feeds IT
