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(PUSH-IT) is an EU-funded project that aims to improve the understanding, development and acceptance of heat storage technologies. The consortium is led by the (TU Delft) and consists of 19 partners.

For more information please contact Andrés González Quirós.

The NERC-funded ‘Hypogene karst: genesis and implications to optimisation of low enthalpy energy resources’ project, led by the University of Manchester, aims to provide a better understanding of the genesis of these karst systems and the potential implications for circulation of deep fluids and low-enthalpy geothermal systems in the UK.

The role of BGS is to support to the speleological, hydrogeological and modelling activities by providing expert knowledge and datasets.

For more information please contact Vanessa Banks.

51���� is a co-investigator in the EPSRC-funded (GEMS) project, led by Durham University.

The project will use the to perform field tests to improve the understanding of the flow and transport of heat in flooded underground mines. BGS is also contributing hydrogeological and heat-flow modelling.

For more information please contact Alison Monaghan.

Geothermal Power generated from UK granites or GWatt aims to develop a better understanding of fluid and heat flow in deep fractured rocks in order to improve and encourage the use of geothermal energy in the UK. The project has received £1.8 million in funding from NERC and the consortium is formed by research, business and Government partners, including BGS.

For more information please contact Christopher Rochelle.

This project provides underpinning geoscientific data and knowledge for geothermal resource assessment of the East African Rift. Continental-scale geothermal data compiled by BGS has been incorporated into a Geothermal Atlas for Africa as part of the EU-funded project.

aimed to improve the understanding of the behaviour and properties of fluids in deep geothermal reservoirs. The project was funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme. It investigated more than a dozen geothermal fields in Europe, including the United Downs in the UK.

For more information please contact Christopher Rochelle.

This project integrated surface and subsurface geological and geophysical data collected by the oil and gas industry to identify deep geothermal targets in Carboniferous limestone strata across central and southern Great Britain. A 3D static geological model was created and quantified the UK heat-in-place and potentially recoverable heat resource from this geothermal play. BGS also collaborated with the University of Manchester to understand the structural configuration of this unit from onshore to offshore in the East Irish Sea.

For more information please contact Timothy Kearsey.

51���� participated as partner in the EU-funded (GEOera-MUSE) project, investigating the resources and possible conflicts of shallow geothermal resources in European urban areas. Among the pilot areas, two were located in the UK: Cardiff (with focus of the city-scale groundwater temperature characterisation to support the development of geothermal energy) and Glasgow.

For more information please contact David Boon.

The (GEMex) project was a collaborative project with partners in Mexico and Europe to develop innovative methods for accessing deep geothermal resources in variable geological formations.

For more information please contact Christopher Rochelle.

The ThermoMap project focused on information for shallow geothermal potential across Europe. The project was co-funded by the EU FP7-ICT Policy Support Programme and involved 12 partners from nine EU member states.

An was produced of the very shallow (down to 10 m) geothermal potential covering an estimation of the superficial deposits in the nine countries involved in this project (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Romania and the UK).

The project aimed to compare experiences and draw lessons from the shale gas experience in order to develop an approach to governance and community engagement for geothermal energy developments for a just and sustainable energy future.

For more information please contact Corinna Abesser.

By , this project aimed to understand to what extent, and why, different types of seismic events in the UK (tectonic and those induced by shale gas and other human activities) are reported differently.

For more information please contact Hazel Napier.

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• Open-loop GSHP screening tool (England and Wales)
• Heat stored in Britain abandoned coal mines (BGS and Mining Remediation Authority)

• Unlocking the deep geothermal energy potential of the Carboniferous Limestone Supergroup by Darren Jones (2021)
• UK legacy geothermal catalogue released in digital format for the first time – 51���� (bgs.ac.uk)
• The heat beneath our feet: BGS field visit to Tuscan geothermal systems – 51����