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https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/10/14/flooded-and-forgotten-how-europe-s-disused-coal-mines-could-help-heat-our-homes>
"An old coal mine has been providing an English town with green energy for the
last six months.
The ground-breaking project in Gateshead is using the warm water that has
filled the tunnels to heat hundreds of homes and businesses in the former
coalfield community.
Hailed a success, the UK’s first large-scale network shows the huge potential
to be found in the nation’s sprawling warren of old mining tunnels, which sit
beneath roughly a quarter of homes.
“What we have in Gateshead is a legacy from the days of the coal mines, which
was dirty energy,” says John McElroy, cabinet member for the environment and
transport at Gateshead Council. “Now we are leading the way in generating
clean, green energy from those mines.”
Following decades of disuse, Britain’s coal mines have gradually flooded.
Warmed by the earth, this liquid offers one answer to our renewable energy
needs.
With an estimated 2 billion cubic metres of warm water - more than a quarter of
the volume of Loch Ness - geologists believe that Britain’s mine shafts hold
one of the biggest underused sources of clean energy."
Via
What Could Go Right? November 2, 2023:
https://theprogressnetwork.org/same-sex-marriage-world/
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*** Xanni ***
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