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06.06.13
European Geothermal Congress in Pisa seen as a great success for the geothermal industry
23.05.13
UK All Energy conference shows high attendance for deep geothermal session
14.04.13
DECC launch UK deep geothermal study on potential support measures for the power sector
09.11.12
Ryan Law speaking at the Envirotech Summit one of the key investor events of the year
11.09.12
All Party Parliamentary Group launched in Westminster by Greg Barker MP, Minister for Climate Change
26.06.12
Geothermal Engineering presenting at the Renewable Energy Risk Management event in London. Key discussion of geothermal risk and insurance/ mitigation.
30.05.12
Technical report outlines the UK deep geothermal potential: Up to 20% of the UK's base electricity demand as well as heat for millions of homes.
03.05.12
GEL Directors presented to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II as part of her visit to Exeter University
14.03.12
Geothermal Engineering Ltd at the CEFD event. Ryan law Chairs the geothermal discussion panel.
27.02.12
Seismology for Schools Open Day. Geothermal Engineering Ltd at Plymouth University.

Geothermal energy projects

The United Downs Project

Geothermal Engineering's flagship UK project is a deep geothermal power plant located at the United Downs Site, near Redruth in Cornwall.

The United Downs project will involve:

  1. Drilling and testing the deepest on shore wells in the UK.  Each of the three wells required for the project will be 4.5kms deep
  2. The development of a 10MW electric, 55MW thermal geothermal power plant
  3. The development of a geothermal centre of excellence in conjunction with Exeter University

The project has planning permission to proceed and drilling should start on the site in late 2012.

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Geothermal Engineering across the UK

When the United Downs power plant is operational, Geothermal Engineering will roll out similar projects across the South West of the UK to produce both electricity and renewable heat. The use of renewable heat is seen by the government as a key element in reducing CO2 emissions.

The total target production will be 300 MW of electricity and 1GW of renewable heat across all sites within a 25 year timeframe.

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