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Teesdale Could Feel the Heat of Geothermal Energy Plans (Teesdale Mercury)

A fault line that cuts through Teesdale may have the potential to heat thousands of homes across the North East. Geologists are investigating the viability of tapping into deep sources of hot water along the Butterknowle Fault to provide heating to homes along the fault line. The fault stretches more than 50 miles from Lunedale to Hartlepool.

The research is being spearheaded by geologist Dr Charlotte Adams of BritGeothermal, a research collaboration between the British Geological Survey and Durham, Glasgow and Newcastle universities.

Dr Adams, who lives in Woodland, said: “We are researching the geothermal potential of the North Pennines and this includes looking at whether the Butterknowle Fault is acting as a plumbing system, taking warm geothermal fluids from the North Pennines though our area right out to the coast at Hartlepool.

“This means some of the larger centres of population along the fault, for example Spennymoor and Bishop Auckland, could access geothermal energy in future.”

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