BGS starts Thermal Recovery research on UK geothermal storage

The British Geological Survey has announced Project Thermal Recovery, a new research effort funded by the Natural Environment Research Council to study underground thermal energy storage (UTES) at UK Geoenergy Observatories in Cheshire and Glasgow.

• Fieldwork is already underway at the Glasgow Observatory and Cheshire Observatory to test UTES efficiency, with experiments on storage durations from 24 hours to 21 days and data collection using DTS, ERT and groundwater loggers.
• The project will develop a calculator tool for feasibility planning of mine thermal energy storage and borehole thermal energy storage; experiments are expected to finish in early January 2027, and the resulting data will be released on an open-access basis with a data report.
• Contact for more information is ukgeosenquiries@bgs.ac.uk.