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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Sep 18

Data here www.data.gov.uk/dataset/0aab...

Gateshead mine water heat living laboratory - data.gov.uk

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Sep 18

Our mine water heater living lab is busy collecting data and it’s all free and open access ! Summary here coalauthoritywebfolder.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/Gateshead+Li...

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Sep 17

Examining the Feasibility of Mine Thermal Energy Storage (MTES) in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Sep 12

Wet dog walk this morning in #penarth 😳

Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Sep 10

watch a mine water energy centre being constructed in time lapse ! will heat 750 home once complete www.linkedin.com/posts/mining...

#minewaterheat #cleanenergy #energysecurity #greenfuture #sustainableheating | Mining Remediation Authority

In just two weeks, a new mine water heat energy centre in the North East has been built! 👷⚡ This scheme will harness warm water already being pumped to the surface at our Dawdon Mine Water Treatment ...

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Sep 8

if you have an 'I news' subscription have a read of this: inews.co.uk/news/environ...

This disused Gateshead mine could be the future for cheaper heating bills

Mine water technology extracts heat from floodwaters to power homes and it is hoped it could be used for millions of homes across the country

inews.co.uk

Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Sep 4

Mike Korb on mine water heating and cooling in the states - www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9jJ...

Mike Korb: Geothermal Energy from Mine Pools

YouTube video by Steve Chrismer

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Arwyn Edwards @arwynedwards.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks to @aberuni.bsky.social for highlighting the phenomenal hard work of Drs @geomicrosoares.bsky.social @sararassner.bsky.social and team in mapping the microbiota of the South Wales coalfield. Prospects for future energy emerges from the legacy of fossil energy. academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Aug 27

nation.cymru/news/welsh-m...

Welsh mine microbes mapped to help heat homes

Microbes mapped in south Wales’s abandoned coal mines could hold the key to using mine water to heat Britain’s homes. With an estimated one-quarter of UK properties located above abandoned coal mines,...

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · Aug 26

Interested in de-risking underground thermal energy storage?

BGS is forming a consortium to investigate how site-scale geological data can be used to optimise storage scheme performance.

Sound interesting? then we would love to hear from you:

www.bgs.ac.uk/news/join-ou...

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Aug 25

Did the rice was v good next up the curry

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Aug 20

Big report from DESNZ and ARUP - Levelized costs for Geothermal in the UK - deep, shallow, mine heat and closed loop - great stuff www.gov.uk/government/p...

UK geothermal energy review and cost estimations

Research providing updates to the cost and technical assumptions for deep geothermal for power, and deep and shallow geothermal for heat.

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Aug 20

Really useful report from #Pennsylvania JSGC - lots of opportunities for #minewaterheat ! - Unearthing the Potential of #Geothermal Energy Systems in Pennsylvania
www.jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/do...

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Aug 15

Do share any good ones - also anything you can do with 200 apples that would be handy haha

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Aug 14

Roasted a load for last nights pasta but that’s not too inventive ! Outside of that just eating fresh or on salads etc !

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Aug 14

Can’t keep up with the garden tomatoes this year - bumper crop for once !

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · Aug 11

BGS has launched the UK Geothermal Platform, which provides national- to local-scale information on geothermal potential.

Geothermal technologies have the potential to decarbonise heating and cooling, supporting the energy transition to net zero in the UK.

www.bgs.ac.uk/news/new-pla...

An overview of geothermal energy potential for four geothermal technologies in Great Britain: Closed loop GSHP, open loop GSHP, hot sedimentary aquifer and deep geothermal, EGS granites.

Contains OS data © Crown Copyright and database right 2025, data © Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 2025, data BGS © UKRI 2025.

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Aug 4

www.thinkgeoenergy.com/pension-fund...

Pension fund invests in geothermal heat pump network in South Wales, UK

A UK-based workplace pension provider is investing in the development of a geothermal heat pump network at Parc Eirin in South Wales.

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Jul 30

My mum sent me this - one had landed on her jumper and was quite happy just sat there ! 😂 not sure how long it stayed

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Jul 27

Nice had one in back garden recently - and one at my mums house - so I’m on exactly 2 this year too 😀

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Jul 11

slides from the recent 'Abandoned Mine Pools' conference in PA, USA. Including the legendary Mike Korb : www.shamokincreek.org/conference2025

Mine Pools as Beneficial Resources - June 2025 Conference — Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance

This event will gather experts from various backgrounds to discuss innovative approaches to mine pool utilization, management, and remediation strategies. Join us in sharing knowledge and fostering c...

www.shamokincreek.org

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GeoDrilling International @geodrillingint.bsky.social · Jul 7

Untapped heat from a mine water treatment scheme now providing low-carbon heating - tinyurl.com/2s4z4p79

#Aspermont #MiningRemediationAuthority #UK #MineWaterTreatment #Geothermal #LowCarbon #Wales #ThermalEarthLtd #HeatExchangers

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Jul 8

I often hear that it is too difficult to drill into coal mines ....to de-risk this perception we looked at over 500 boreholes drilled into mine workings showing they can have high success rates - our open access paper is here lnkd.in/eVgFwjTe
#minewaterheat #geotehrmal #netzero #coalmine

Drilling into coal mine workings: overview and experience from Britain's coalfields | Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Underground coal mining in Britain spanned several centuries, in multiple different seams, and at depths ranging from near surface to greater than 1 km below surface. Due to this complexity, drilling ...

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Jul 1

Love this time of year and quite a lot of bugs around for a change !

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Gareth Farr @garethfarr.bsky.social · Jun 25

all the talks from the last Mine Water Energy Symposium are now online www.iea-gia.org/workshops-an...

2025 Mine Water Geothermal Energy Symposium — IEA Geothermal | International Energy Agency Geothermal

Click the hyperlinks below to access workshop presentations To access the programme – mouse over and click here to view or download the pdf This page will be updated and links added as presenter...

www.iea-gia.org