Recording – Webinar on mine water heating and cooling

Biggest challenges for mine water heating & cooling, event survey (source: BGS)

With interest in geothermal heat recovery and storage increasing, the British Geological Survey alongside BEIS and IEA Geothermal held a mine water heating and cooling symposium to connect industry professionals from around the world in March 2021.

The drive to decarbonise heating has resulted in investigations of abandoned flooded coal mines across the world as they offer potential for heat recovery, cooling and storage of heat. March 10-11, 2021  BGS, IEA Geothermal and BEIS organised a conference to share current research and lessons learned from both scientific projects and real life projects concerning mine water energy.  IEA Geothermal were very pleased to be involved in assisting with this informative symposium which quickly developed as an opportunity for the international community interested in mine water geothermal to connect.  This free to attend conference had 500 registrants from 73 countries. Attendees used the Twitter hashtag #CleanEnergyFromTheCoalfields to join in the discussion, which is still in active use for those wanting to learn more and join  our thriving global community.

The recording of  the webinar (in individual presentations) can be accessed here.

The event featured the following sessions:

• Session 1: Mine water heat and decarbonisation
• Session 2: Experiences of UK mine water heating/cooling schemes
• Session 3: Mine water heat/coolth for local district heating
• Session 4: The future for mine water heating and cooling

Source: British Geological Survey