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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · 8d

We’re offering up to three scholarships to UK/Home-status students in geology, engineering, and social sciences with an interest in the energy transition.

📅 Applications close: 31 Oct 2025
Learn more 👉https://geosolutions.leeds.ac.uk/study/masters-by-research/scholarship/

Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · 14d

📢 We will be at #EGC2025 in Zürich, 6 - 10 October.

We will speak at several sessions, including:
✅ Underground thermal energy storage
✅Thermal responsive testing
✅Regulations and guidelines - SHALLOW Geothermal
✅Onshore seismic thermometry

Let's connect in Zürich!

@egecgeothermal.bsky.social

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Fleur Loveridge @undertheground.bsky.social · 29d

A lovely morning to be in London!. And an excellent day at the Ground Engineering Sustainability & Resilience event, presenting on the @universityofleeds.bsky.social @geosolutions.bsky.social Geothermal Campus. Very uplifting to see the real enthusiasm & actions for a lower carbon industry.

Early morning sunshine over Tower Bridge and the Thames

Panel discussion and audience at the GE Sustainability and Resilience Conference

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Fleur Loveridge @undertheground.bsky.social · Aug 15

📣Job alert: geophysicist required for seismic interpretation at shallow geothermal research sites. Its only a short term role, but is on the existing SmartRes Project (www.imperial.ac.uk/earth-scienc...) with @geophysics-adam.bsky.social @geosolutions.bsky.social.
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Geothermal Seismology

Salary: Grade 7 (£41,064 – £48,822 p.a. depending on experience) University of Leeds (with scope for hybrid working). We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.Are you an ambitious geoph...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · 26d

📢 New article alert
Prof Dave Healy is a co-author of the recently published article: bit.ly/41P38Vc
In partnership with his colleagues at #UCL, they developed a new True Triaxial Apparatus in the #UCL Rock and Ice Physics Laboratory.

A new true triaxial apparatus with pore fluid system for rock deformation under representative crustal stress conditions

We have developed a new true triaxial apparatus for rock deformation, featuring six servo-controlled loading rams capable of applying maximum stresses of 220 MP

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Jul 26

In a recent article in Ground Engineering Magazine, our colleague Prof. Fleur Loveridge shares insights on how a sustainable and resilient society depends on ground engineering.

Read the full article 👉 tinyurl.com/fleur-loveri....

@undertheground.bsky.social

‘Sustainability, resilience and the need for systems thinking’ | Ground Engineering

University of Leeds' Fleur Loveridge shares insights on how a sustainable and resilient society depends on ground engineering

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Jul 26

"2024 was a year of significant progress for Geosolutions Leeds".

📖Read the full review: tinyurl.com/climate-plan-news

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Jul 10

We're looking for a Research Fellow in Structural Diagenesis for the Energy Transition.
⌛Closing date: Tuesday, 26 August 2025
Apply now 👉https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=ENVEE1819

Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Jun 24

We had the great pleasure of speaking with Dr Mark Cooper about his work at the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland and the future of the energy transition.

Read the full interview 👉https://geosolutions.leeds.ac.uk/news/dr-mark-cooper-interview/

Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Jun 17

How can we make food production cleaner?

In our recent blog, we talk with Dr Paola Sakai
@paola-sakai.bsky.social
about her project, Food for Our Own Good.

🔗 Read the full post here: geosolutions.leeds.ac.uk/news/food-fo...

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · May 28

As part of the geothermal campus project, Dr Adam Booth @geophysics-adam.bsky.social and colleagues explore the potential of novel distributed acoustic and temperature sensing methods.

Learn more🔗https://geosolutions.leeds.ac.uk/news/fibre-optic-distributed-sensing/

Painstaking measurement of fibre optic cable ahead of borehole deployment.

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · May 2

Join us for a one-day hybrid workshop focused on shaping the future of surface and subsurface sensor technology.

🗓️ 12 May
🕘 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 Newlyn building, University of Leeds & Online

Reserve your place here 👉 bit.ly/3SjzYbu

Sensing our Environment

Join us on May 12, 2025, for an engaging discussion on advancing the monitoring of rocks and fluids in the subsurface using digital sensors.

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Apr 2

Our director, Prof David Healy, has a new project starting next week.

The project will be delivered in partnership with the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics and the British Geological Survey.

👉 bit.ly/geosolutions...

@healydavid.bsky.social @lida-leeds.bsky.social @britgeosurvey.bsky.social

LIDA Data Scientist Development Programme | Geosolutions Leeds

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Mar 24

We're excited to share some promising results from our geothermal drilling on campus.

Follow the link to learn more 👉 lnkd.in/dp5Pvjth

@priestleycentre.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Mar 21

Professor Dave Healy, @healydavid.bsky.social, recently published an article in the Journal of Structural Geology @elsevierconnect.bsky.social, co-authored with colleagues from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Read the full article for free 👇
bit.ly/4bKEPLX

Structural control on the Southern Andean Nevados de Chillán geothermal system

Detailed structural analysis from representative outcrops is necessary to characterize geothermal reservoir dynamics. Here, we estimate fracture densi…

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Mar 13

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...

Geothermal energy can help break the link between fossil fuels and electricity prices - Dr David Barns & Fleur Loveridge

The recent increase to the energy price cap is putting even more strain on household budgets. But have you ever wondered why your energy bills have gone through the roof in recent years? Contrary to w...

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Mar 13

In a recent article, Dr David Barns and Prof Fleur Loveridge discuss the reasons behind the recent increase in energy prices and explore how we're working to move away from fossil fuels.

@davidbarns.bsky.social
@undertheground.bsky.social
@universityofleeds.bsky.social

Link to article 👇

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Feb 27

We're looking for two PDRAs to join our geothermal team for six months as part of the OfGEM-funded Strategic Innovation Fund alpha phase project.

Deadline 📆 12 March 2025

🔗https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=ENVEE1797
🔗https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=ENVEE1798

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Feb 14

Join us for the second webinar in the 2025 Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series on the 27th of February, 4 - 5pm.

This is a free event, to register 👉https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/geothermal-providing-geosolutions-for-the-university-of-leeds-campus-tickets-1246365876889?aff=oddtdtcreator

The image is a promotional banner for a webinar organised by the Northern Ireland Geothermal. The title of the webinar is "Geothermal providing Geosolutions for the University of Leeds campus, the wider Leeds urban environment and across the wider UK."

The event features Dr Emma Bramham, a Lecturer in Applied Geophysics and Structural Geology, and Dr Arka Sarkar, a Research Fellow in Geosolutions, from the Institute of Applied Geosciences, School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds.

The webinar will present ongoing geothermal research at the University of Leeds, including the Geothermal Campus living lab project and other related projects.

The banner includes photos of the speakers and logos of the University of Leeds, Queen’s University Belfast, the Geothermal Association of Ireland, the Geological Survey of Ireland, the Department for the Economy, and the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI).

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Feb 12

The University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social Ores and Mineralization Group has recently published a research paper in Minerals MDPI.

✍ Robert Chapman, Taija Torvela, Carl Spence-Jones, @Richard Walshaw, and Graham William McLeod.

Read the pull paper 👉 www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/14...

Targeting High-Grade Mineralization via a Synthesis of Compositional Profiles of Alluvial Gold with Structural and Paragenetic Models

Gold compositional studies have been advocated to resolve genetic relationships between alluvial and in situ occurrences based on the assumption that the P-T-X conditions at the sites of mineral depos...

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Feb 6

We're looking for a new Research Fellow to join our team.

You will work with David Healy @healydavid.bsky.social and Craig Magee on quantifying the impact of faults and dykes on fluid flow in fine-grained host rocks.

Deadline: 20 February
Full details 👉 jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Feb 4

We're glad to see the work of our geothermal group in a report developed by the EPSRC Network+ for Decarbonisation of Heating and Cooling.
👉 collections.durham.ac.uk/downloads/r2...

👏 Fleur Loveridge, David Barns, Frin Bale, Simon Rees
@undertheground.bsky.social @davidbarns.bsky.social

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Jan 22

Could we please be added? Thanks.

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University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social · Jan 20

We are delighted to have secured funding from Ofgem's Strategic Innovation Fund as part of a collaborative project, involving our interdisciplinary research centre, Geosolutions Leeds.🌎

Our Geothermal Campus Living Lab will test new ways to store renewable energy and convert it into heat.

A sign on the University of Leeds campus that reads: "Working together to deliver net zero on campus"

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Geosolutions Leeds @geosolutions.bsky.social · Jan 22

“By working together on this project, we aim to find solutions that provide nationwide benefits.”
- shares Emma Bramham, a Geosolutions Leeds member.

Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds @envleeds.bsky.social · Jan 22

Ofgem has awarded over £3m in funding to a new project, GeoGrid.

It'll use the university’s Geothermal Campus to understand how thermal energy storage can improve energy and heating systems across the UK.

Read more: environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

Ofgem to fund new geothermal energy project

GeoGrid, a project to explore the benefits and applications of geothermal energy for decarbonisation in the UK, has been awarded £3.7 million in funding.

environment.leeds.ac.uk

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