Geothermal power planned at Eden Project
A pioneering geothermal system is proposed for the Eden Project
The Eden Project and EGS Energy, a UK geothermal system developer, announced yesterday plans to build a geothermal power plant on the Eden site near St. Austell, Cornwall.
The proposed project contains two boreholes between 3km and 4km deep. Water will be pumped into an injection hole and gain a temperature of 150C from the bedrock before returning through the production hole to the surface. The resulting steam will be used to power an electricity generating turbine with a planned output of 3MWe.
While numerous existing geothermal plants in the UK provide hot water, the plant at St. Austell will be the first to produce electricity. The Eden Project estimates that it will require between a quarter and a fifth of the energy produced, with the remainder available to be fed back into the national grid. It is intended that excess energy would be used for other purposes such as community heating.
The project is expected to receive planning permission in the next 6 - 12 months and be in operation by 2012.
The Eden Project and EGS Energy, a UK geothermal system developer, announced yesterday plans to build a geothermal power plant on the Eden site near St. Austell, Cornwall.
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