Geothermal and ground source heating and cooling

Geothermal and ground source heating and cooling

Newcastle University has been awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education for its world-renowned Hydrogeochemical Engineering Research and Outreach (HERO) programme. Building on this record of excellence, the Institute seeks to place the North East at the forefront of research in ground-source heat pump systems.

The Centre is working in the following areas:

  • deep geothermal heat recovery linked to radiothermal granite;
  • expertise in hydrothermal structures;
  • practical experience of sinking deep boreholes (e.g. 1km);
  • access to directional drilling technology;
  • geothermal energy for CHP;
  • storage and recovery of industrial heat;
    • ground source heat pumps – improving their efficiency;
  • developing translational research into clean energy, including the creation of the Geothermal Research Education and Training Institute at Easington, Co Durham (the GREAT Institute) which will bring together cutting-edge research with the provision of vocational training.