Casing and cementing our 17 ½“ well section went smoothly, and we’re now drilling the longest section of the well – the 12 ¼” diameter section. At 1706m MD, we “kicked off”: that is, we started drilling directionally, steering east on a trajectory designed to intersect with the Great Crosscourse fault. Now we’re in the […]
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Great new ‘Fully Charged’ film about Eden Geothermal
We loved meeting Robert Llewellyn (better known to some as ‘Kryten from Red Dwarf’) when he visited Eden Geothermal to make a film for the Fully Charged clean energy channel. A great in-depth look at our project and the potential of geothermal more widely – not to mention an insider’s view of operations on the […]
Drilling of 17 1/2″ section of EG-1 completed at 1510m section TD
Another milestone reached today, as we completed drilling the 17 ½” section of EG-1 at 1510m section TD, and are now preparing to run casing. This week’s geology sample from our wellsite geologists at GeoScience Ltd comes from 1385m MD, where we encountered some interesting mineralogy, including this Jasper specimen. Usually considered as impure chalcedony, […]
Environment Minister visits Eden’s ground-breaking Hot Rocks project and tours Biomes
Environment Minister Rebecca Pow has made a special visit to the Eden Project to see first-hand the pioneering Eden Geothermal energy project and then tour the world-famous Biomes with Co-Founder Sir Tim Smit. Drilling of the first well by Eden Geothermal Ltd began in the middle of May and is making great progress, now […]
We’ve drilled past 1000m
Today (at 14.24, to be precise) EG-1 reached 1000m MD (measured depth). So we’re as deep as the ‘Queen of Cornish mines’, Dolcoath, near Camborne. At 550 fathoms (3300 feet or 1005m), the Williams shaft was reputedly the deepest mine in the world for a time, and is still the deepest in Cornwall. The shaft […]
COP26 President Alok Sharma declares full steam ahead for Eden’s ground-breaking hot rocks project
The President-Designate of COP26, Alok Sharma, visited the Eden Geothermal site on Wednesday (19 May) to mark the start of drilling at the pioneering project. Mr Sharma, who leads preparations for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this November, saw in place the 450-tonne capacity, 55-metre high rig drilling 4.5 kilometres […]
Groundworks complete and drilling to start soon at Eden Geothermal
After a year of intense activity, deep drilling is soon to commence at the pioneering Eden Geothermal Project near St Austell in Cornwall. Next week, the first lorries carrying a 450-tonne, 55 metre-high drilling rig will arrive on the outer edge of the Eden Project site, the home of the world-famous Rainforest and Mediterranean Biomes. […]
Eden Geothermal welcomes National Infrastructure Strategy as start of drilling approaches
Eden Geothermal Ltd has welcomed the UK Government’s support shown for clean energy as part of the UK’s National Infrastructure Strategy. EGL is working with the Government and UK private investment to unlock the clean, geothermal energy deep in the granite beneath Cornwall. Site construction works are now well underway, in preparation for drilling to […]
Eden Geothermal Community Fund opens
Applications open today for the Eden Geothermal Community Fund – a £20,000 fund to support projects in the parishes of Treverbyn, St Blaise, Carlyon and Luxulyan. For full details please visit our Community page at https://www.edengeothermal.com/community/
We’ve started!
On Monday 21st September, work started on preparing the site for drilling our first geothermal well. A momentous day for the team, some of whom have been developing this project for many years. Now, at last, after years of planning and mountains of paperwork, the countdown begins, as plant arrives on site… … and the […]
