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The British Geological Survey has revealed the primary digital model of the UK legacy geothermal catalogue containing nearly 12,000 subsurface information factors.
The British Geological Survey has revealed has launched the primary digital model of the UK legacy geothermal catalogue of subsurface temperature measurements, rock thermal conductivity measurements, and warmth stream calculations.
Model 1 of the UK legacy geothermal catalogue is on the market on-line (https://doi.org/10.5285/05569ed5-db0e-4587-807c-58e39ee240fa) with an accompanying person information.
The legacy geothermal catalogue contains information contained in quite a few historic technical experiences from the 1977 to 1991 Geothermal Vitality Programme. This was delivered by BGS and funded by the then UK Division of Vitality and the European Fee.
The digital launch incorporates 11 821 information factors derived from 743 websites, comprising 77 per cent of the legacy geothermal catalogue dataset held by BGS. Alongside this, 5 of the unique programme experiences have been launched onto the NERC Open Analysis Archive. Future releases of the legacy information are deliberate, for which the mental property rights (IPR) and validation checks are extra complicated.
Detailed subsurface info is required to extend the uptake of geothermal vitality applied sciences. This may contribute to UK internet zero targets by decarbonisation of warmth, together with vitality safety. The legacy UK geothermal catalogue is a big compilation of knowledge to tell geothermal assessments.
Dr Alison Monaghan, BGS Head of Geothermal, mentioned: “This open launch of the legacy geothermal catalogue makes a big dataset extra accessible, to assist the event of geothermal vitality and warmth decarbonisation onshore UK.”
“It might be used to tell pre-feasibility levels of tasks or for analysis and innovation. The person information describes acknowledged limitations of this primary launch of a legacy dataset. The goal is for future releases to incorporate more moderen information.”
This information is launched below the Open Authorities Licence 3.0 and is a step in direction of Suggestion 3, enhancing information availability and accessibility, of the 2023 Deep Geothermal White Paper.
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