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A quarry near Penryn, Cornwall in south-west England, which was the site of the first deep geothermal project has gone up for sale and already received interest from Saudi Arabian Oil companies and off shore drilling firms.
Rosemanowes Quarry was known as Hot Rocks and operated between the 1970s until it closed operations in 1991. It was well known in science and engineering circles across the world as the site of the first such project, which was, at the time, a groundbreaking piece of engineering.
The company looked at sourcing energy from heat in the rocks three kilometers under Cornwall and technology from the site has led to geothermal power plants being built from the USA to Asia. The 20 acre site is on the market with Miller Commercial with offers over £750,000.
Peter Heather, a partner at the firm, said: "It is the perfect environment for companies involved in down-hole drilling engineering and testing of specialist tools."
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