Wednesday, October 23, 2013

United Kingdom:

Deep Geothermal Review Study Released (U.K. Department of Energy & Climate Change)

Deep geothermal energy production in the UK has potential to generate utility level returns for investors but not without significant risk and uncertainty. .


There are no deep geothermal power plants in the UK, despite government grant awards and eligibility for the Renewables Obligation. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) therefore commissioned Atkins to draw together all the evidence to explore the sector’s potential. The study report (PDF) is the output of this work.

It is concluded in this study that deep geothermal energy production in the UK has potential to generate utility level returns for investors but not without significant risk and uncertainty.

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