Glasgow City Council and South Lanarkshire Council have approved plans to develop a world class geothermal research observatory in the east end of the city. Work will begin on site this autumn.
The research at the observatory aims to contribute to an understanding of the potential for warm water in disused coal mines to be used for renewable heat. The observatory is one of two sites proposed in the £31 million UK Geoenergy Observatories investment led by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the UK's leading funder for environmental sciences, and the British Geological Survey (BGS), the UK's principal provider of impartial geological evidence since 1835.
The Glasgow Geothermal Energy Research Field Site will enable the UK science community to study the geothermal environment just below the Earth's surface.
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From the Global Geothermal News archives:
- Monday, April 30, 2018 - United Kingdom: More Details of the Glasgow Geothermal Energy Research Field Site
- Monday, April 9, 2018 - United Kingdom: Glasgow Geothermal Energy Research Field Site to Help District Heating Research
- Friday, February 23, 2018 - United Kingdom: Scottish Geoenergy Observatory Will Research Geothermal Energy
- Tuesday, December 12, 2017 - United Kingdom: Field Site Described for Glasgow Geothermal Energy Research Center
