Tuesday, June 19, 2018

United Kingdom: Geothermal Spa Gets Planning Approval

Ambitious new geothermal hot spa at Jubilee Pool gets go-ahead (Cornwall Live)

Drilling has already started to reach the hot rocks which will mean the pool can be used all year round

An ambitious project to create a geothermal-heated spa at Jubilee Pool in Penzance has been given planning approval. It will mean the pool can open all year round and drilling has already started to reach the hot rocks which will heat the water.

Listed building consent has been granted by Cornwall Council for the project which will create a spa within one corner of the existing pool protected by a glass wind break along a new curved wall.

The water level within the new spa pool will range from 1m to 1.4m in depth and will contain fresh seawater heated to 35 degrees centigrade. The heat source for the pool will be from the 1,500m deep geothermal well currently being drilled in the triangular section of land outside the North-Eastern boundary of the Jubilee Pool site.

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