Geothermal Engineering

Last Friday the UK energy’s regulatory body, Ofgem, announced the results of ‘Project Discovery’. The findings won’t make pleasant reading for most people – they predict that by 2020, energy bills in the UK will have grown by 14-25%, and in a worst-case scenario, bills could even swell by 60%.

It’s clear that, unless someone takes radical action, the UK’s power crisis is only going to get worse and under current proposals, people will have large, inefficient and polluting power stations forced upon their neighbourhoods, while their energy bills continue to increase.

We’re proposing something quite different. Building on the mining heritage in Cornwall, we want to begin mining for heat.

We want to build a commercial power plant that doesn’t pump out smoke and pollution, and, unlike 100 metre wind turbines, will blend more easily into the local surroundings. We want to create an energy source that directly benefits the local community. The heat we would produce from our Cornish geothermal power plant would be provided, free of charge, to the local area. This geothermal heat could be used to heat village halls, municipal swimming pools, hospitals, schools or for agricultural purposes such as heating nursery greenhouses. The electric power we generate will feed back into the National Grid to contribute towards the whole country’s supply.

The heat generated by geothermal mining is a renewable, constant source – it’s like a giant radiator under the ground. Best of all, it doesn’t produce any carbon emissions or other harmful by-products so won’t contribute to global warming or pollute the local environment.

We’re having a public exhibition later this month for those interested in the plans and developments for our proposed geothermal plant. We want to explain how geothermal energy works, how it will benefit the local community, and what the process involves. Most of all, we want people to meet the team behind the project, ask questions, learn more about geothermal energy and give their suggestions about how best to use renewable heat in the community.

The exhibition is being held at the Carharrack Mills Hall on Tuesday 27 October from 3pm – 8pm, and Wednesday 28 October from 9am – 1pm. The Geothermal Engineering Ltd team will be there to answer any questions, so if you live locally, or if you’re interested and don’t mind the journey, please come and see us. Everyone is welcome.

If you’d like any more information on the exhibition, or if you can’t make it but still want to ask us questions, please contact us by clicking here