The latest film by award-winning charity Cornwall Climate Care, looking at the crucial issue of Cornwall’s energy future, is launching with a series of public screenings from late April. Power to the People, presented by Cornish surfer and geologist Lucy Cotton, explores the exciting opportunities, huge challenges and frustrating problems facing us in our efforts […]
Eden Geothermal nominated for Fully Charged Awards 2023
Eden Geothermal has been nominated for Best Large-Scale Energy Project at the Fully Charged Awards 2023 in a category which includes projects from Norway, Finland, The Netherlands, Portugal, China and the UK. The Fully Charged Awards, will be taking place in Amsterdam on Friday 24th November 2023, where 15 highly-sought after awards from across the electric vehicle and clean […]
International award for Gus Grand and Eden Geothermal
Gus Grand and Eden Geothermal receive an international award for completing the Eden Project deep geothermal heat system, the first in the UK in 37 years. Nominated by the industry, we have been given the PIVOT2023 “Five on Fire” award for pushing the boundaries of what is possible in geothermal energy over the past year. PIVOT2023 is […]
Thank you
We were very happy yesterday to welcome our funders, and partners to the official opening of the plant. Thank you for coming and thank you all for backing us. The official opening marked the start of supplying renewable heat to the Eden Project Biomes, Growing Point nursery and surrounding offices and buildings, with an onsite […]
The heat is on
A landmark moment for renewable energy took place at the Eden Project in Cornwall today, Monday June 19, 2023, as the UK’s first operating deep geothermal heating plant since 1986 was opened and is now generating heat. The process of drilling deep into the granite at the home of the world-renowned Biomes in Cornwall was […]
Two containers and a Christmas Tree
The final surface foot print for geothermal direct heat projects is seriously small: the smallest of any energy source. This picture shows our well head (known as a ‘Christmas Tree’ in drilling slang) and one of the containers that houses the heating system: the controller for the downhole pump. Another container has the filters and […]
Renewables in the garden of Eden
Our heating system for Eden Project, Biomes and new greenhouses is nearly ready to go, and the wildflowers around the heat main are looking good. During installation of the heat main to carry heat from the geothermal site to the Eden Project Energy Centre, hibernacula were created for pollinators, topsoil trenches were reinstated and seeded […]
