It is a small hole in the East End of Glasgow, but it has the potential to make the area the world centre for research into geothermal energy.
The first hole, which was drilled yesterday just across the road from Celtic Park, is part of a project with so much research potential that scientists, academics and businesses from all over the world will be looking to Glasgow to inform the energy projects of tomorrow.
The 12 boreholes across the city will record data as part of the UK Geoenergy Observatories (UKGEOS) project and if successful could see parts of the city being heated from old mine workings and the technology to be exported to other cities across the globe.
