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Geothermal Power Project Unveiled in Cornwall (Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production Magazine)

A demonstration of the UK’s potential for geothermal power was held in Rosemanowes in Cornwall last Friday to see how heat naturally present underground could be used to produce clean, safe, renewable energy.

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Edward Davey and Lord Teverson were in attendance.

Davy told the gathering, “We need a broad base of renewable energy in the UK and I am pleased to see that a deep geothermal heat project is finally producing energy. This nascent sector could make a real contribution to renewable heat supply in the UK.  I am glad that DECC have been able to support this project via the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund.”

Geothermal energy production has its roots in the pioneering research done at the Rosemanowes hot rocks project in the 1970s and 80s. Only 60 degrees Celcius is required to provide a building with heating and hot tap water.

Engineers at the Rosemanowes site demonstrated that water can be heated to 60 degrees using heat naturally present underground in Cornwall. The project has been designed and managed by Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL), with funding assistance from the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

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