From Rosemanowes to United Downs...........
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| Dr Tony Batchelor |
Some of the staff from GeoScience Limited have been at the forefront of geothermal exploration and technology in the UK for over 40 years. These staff were involved in the Hot Dry Rock (HDR) project back in the 1980s, and are now working on the next chapter.
Now that the United Downs Deep Geothermal Power (UDDGP) project is drilling there are a few questions that a lot of people have been asking about the previous HDR project; dubbed the ‘grandfather of geothermal’ by Sir Tim Smit, Dr Tony Batchelor gives some answers;
Why did the project at Rosemanowes come to an end?
Rosemanowes was a jointly funded experiment by the UK Department of Energy and the EU operated by the Camborne School of Mines (CSM). The original work started at CSM in November 1973. We had various multinational collaborations including staff from the USA. The aim of the project was to test if we could circulate water through the Cornish granite and extract heat.
