Geothermal Heating

[Sharon]

Interesting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-g ... t-21431763

Researchers are launching a project which aims to use water from abandoned coal mines to provide up to 40% of Glasgow's heat.

It is hoped reservoirs in the city's old tunnels can be used to create geothermal energy.

The process uses pumps to extract heat from the stored water, which can provide a cheap way to heat homes.

A Glasgow Caledonian University team will identify underground reservoirs with the potential to heat homes.

[old jock]

Heard that on Radio 4 this morning. They also stated a pilot project is on going with a street in the East End already getting supplied with heat using this method.

Some more detective work for HGers to identify the street and the mines used? Personally I don't have a clue

John

[Sharon]

The street was named in the BBC article, the mines do need a detective though!

Glenalmond Street, in the east end of Glasgow, has been using geothermal energy for 10 years, heating 17 homes.

[moonbeam]

Most of the west end especially Jordanhill/Knightswood and the Blairdardie area and parts of Drumchapel are undermined.

[Socceroo]

Most of the west end especially Jordanhill/Knightswood and the Blairdardie area and parts of Drumchapel are undermined.

Undermined and having deep mines under them to provide geothermal heating is two different things. A bit like your alternative take on the history of west central scotland during the Second World War.

[Mori]

Key:
surface:
red boundary = Clyde Gateway area,
green circles = boreholes,
red circles = mineshafts,
red surface = Carboniferous outcrop and subcrop.
Underground:
red sticks = mineshafts,
green surface = Glasgow Upper Coal,
purple surface = Glasgow Ell Coal,
yellow surface = Glasgow Splint Coal,
blue surface= Kiltongue Coal,
red vertical surface = Dechmont Fault.

[Josef]

red vertical surface = Dechmont Fault.

You just brought my schooldays back, Mo. Not an easy thing to do.

We had five 'houses'. Dechmont, Douglas, Calder, Clyde and Kelvin.

And yes, it was a state school rather then Hogwarts.

[Dexter St. Clair]

"State" school pupils



Note white sannies as maintained by mater with baking soda.

[Josef]

Better that than Milk of Magnesia. I still cringe at the very notion of the taste, let alone the taste itself.

[The Egg Man]

"State" school pupils



Note white sannies as maintained by mater with baking soda.

Real poverty, eh? Two kids having to share one ASBO tag.

[Grahame]

Love that BGS flythrough, Mori. Great stuff.

[moonbeam]

Glasgow Academy primary school sports day circa 1950's?

[RapidAssistant]

They did a similar project on a small scale about 15 years ago on Glenalmond St in Shettleston - the site of the old Grays The Builders depot they flattened it and then sunk boreholes down to extract geothermal heat from the coal mines down there.

www.sust.org/pdf/glenalmond.pdf