Sucking the Juices out the Pits

[Symptoms]

An article from the Engineer today about repurposing the old mines into 'green' energy sources:

https://www.theengineer.co.uk/generating-clean-energy-from-the-coal-mines/

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

5 hours ago, Symptoms said:

An article from the Engineer today about repurposing the old mines into 'green' energy sources:

https://www.theengineer.co.uk/generating-clean-energy-from-the-coal-mines/

Remember it from the BBC news a couple of months ago :- 

Homes to be heated by warm water from flooded mines

By Roger HarrabinBBC environment analyst

• 9 June 2020
• A new garden village in County Durham will soon be getting its heat from a surprising source: it will be warmed by water from a disused mine.

• Share this with Facebook
•  
• Share this with Messenger
•  
• Share this with Twitter
•  
• Share this with Email
•  
• Share

 

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52963645#:~:text=A new garden village in,district using a single system.

 

I would have thought most of the disused mines, like the Bedlington 'A' pit, would have housing estates built on them by now.  Must be warm in the Bower grange houses🤬 - @John Fox (foxy) mustn't have a heating bill🙂

 

 

 

Edited September 3, 2020 by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)