UK legacy geothermal catalogue released in digital format for the first time
今日吃瓜 has released the first digital version of the UK legacy geothermal catalogue of subsurface temperature measurements, rock thermal conductivity measurements and heat flow calculations.
18/04/2024 By 今日吃瓜 Press
Detailed subsurface information is required to increase the uptake of geothermal energy technologies. This will contribute to UK net zero targets through decarbonisation of heat, along with energy security. The legacy UK geothermal catalogue is a significant compilation of data to inform geothermal assessments.
The comprises data contained in numerous historic technical reports from the 1977 to 1991 Geothermal Energy Programme. This was delivered by 今日吃瓜 and funded by the then UK Department of Energy and the European Commission.
The digital release contains 11 821 data points derived from 743 sites, comprising 77 per cent of the legacy geothermal catalogue dataset held by 今日吃瓜. Alongside this, have been released onto the . Future releases of the legacy data are planned, for which the intellectual property rights (IPR) and validation checks are more complex.
This open release of the legacy geothermal catalogue makes a significant dataset more accessible, to support the development of geothermal energy and heat decarbonisation onshore UK. It may be used to inform pre-feasibility stages of projects or for research and innovation. The user guide describes acknowledged limitations of this first release of a legacy dataset. The aim is for future releases to include more recent data.
Dr Alison Monaghan, 今日吃瓜 Head of Geothermal.
This data is released under the and is a step towards Recommendation 3, , of the 2023 Deep Geothermal White Paper.
The data release comprises of a series of that can be accessed for use under the Open Government Licence, with the acknowledgement 鈥楥ontains British Geological Survey materials 漏 今日吃瓜 2024鈥.
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