Guardbridge geothermal technology demonstrator project: feasibility report
Report of the study exploring the potential of a geothermal district heating system accessing hot sedimentary aquifer resources underlying Guardbridge, Fife.
15. References
15.1 Published articles and reports
Armstrong M., Paterson I.B. and Browne M.A.E., 1985. Geology of the Perth and Dundee district. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
Bates, C. R., Moore, C. G., Malthus, T., Mair, J. M. and Karpouzli, E. (2004). Broad scale mapping of habitats in the Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary, Scotland. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 007 (ROAME F01AA401D).
Baptie, B. 2010. Seismogenesis and state of stress in the UK. Tectonophysics 482: 150-159.
Browne M.A.E., Robins N.S., Evans R.B., Monro S.K., and Robson P.G., 1987. The Upper Devonian and Carboniferous sandstones of the Midland Valley of Scotland. Investigation of the Geothermal Potential of the UK. British Geological Survey Geothermal Resources Program.
Browne M.A.E., Dean M.T., Hall I.H.S., McAdam A.D., Monro S.K. and Chishold J.I., 1999. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous rocks of the Midland Valley of Scotland. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/99/07.
Browne, M.A.E., Smith, R.A., and Aitken, A.M. (2002) Stratigraphical framework for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort Willam to Aberdeen. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/01/04. 67 pp.
Cherubini, Y, Cacace, M. Scheck-Wenderoth, M, and Noack, V (2014) Influence of major fault zones on 3-D coupled fluid and heat transport for the Brandenburg region ( NE German Basin). Geoth. Energ. Sci., 2, 1-20.
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Heidbach, O., Tingay, M., Bath, A., Reinecker, J., Kurfess, D. & Muller, B. 2008. The World Stress Map database release 2008. DOI 10.1594/GFZ.WSM.Rel2008
Laubach, S.E., Olson, J.E. and Gale, J.F.W. (2004) Are open fractures necessarily aligned with maximum horizontal stress? Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 222, 191195.
Macdonald, A.M., Ball, D.F. and Ó Dochartaigh, B.É. (2004) A GIS of aquifer productivity in Scotland: explanatory notes. BGS Commissioned Report CR/04/047N.
Macdonald, A.M., Darling, W.G., Ball, D.F. and Oster H. (2003) Identifying trends in groundwater quality using residence time indicators: an example from the Dumfries basin, Scotland. Hydrogeology Journal 11: 504-517.
McCoss A.M, 1987. Geometry and Kinematics of Transpression and Transtension. A thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the Faculty of Science, Queen's University of Belfast.
Ó Dochartaigh B.É.. 2004. The physical properties of the Upper Devonian/Lower Carboniferous aquifer in Fife. BGS Internal Report IR/04/003.
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Ó Dochartaigh, B.É., Macdonald, A.M., Fitzsimons, V., and Ward, R. (2015). Scotland's aquifers and groundwater bodies. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/15/028. 76pp.
Ó Dochartaigh, B.É., Smedley, P.L., Macdonald, A.M., and Darling, W.G. (2006) Baseline Scotland: the Lower Devonian aquifer of Strathmore. British Geological Survey Commissioned Report, CR/06/250N. 60pp.
NERC, 2015. BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. Available at: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=KPF (Accessed 31/08/15).
Rogers, S.F. (2003) Critical stress-related permeability in fractured rocks. Pp. 716 in: Fracture and In-situ Stress Characterization of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs (M. Ameen, editor) Geological Society, London.
Rogers, S.F. and Evans, C.J. (2002) Stress-dependent flow in fractured Rocks at Sellafield, United Kingdom. Pp. 241250 in: Geological Applications of Well Logs (M. Lovell and N. Parkinson, editors). AAPG Methods in Exploration No. 13. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
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Shell, P.J. 2002. Depositional and stratigraphic framework of the VIsean of Fife and the Central North Sea. A thesis submitted as part of the PhD in Geoscience degree, University of St Andrews .
Spears, B.M., Saunders, J.E., Davidson, I., and Paterson, D.M. (2008) Microalgal sediment biostabilisation along a salinity gradient in the Eden Estuary, Scotland: unravelling a paradox. Marine and Freshwater Research, 59, 313-321.
15.2 Guidance and regulatory documents
Regulatory Guidance: Geothermal Heat in Scotland
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00493200.pdf
The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (as amended) http://www.sepa.org.uk/regulations/water/
Scottish National Planning Framework 3
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/06/3539/downloads
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00493200.pdf
Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994, as amended - guidance
Natura sites and the Habitats Regulations - How to consider proposals affecting Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas in Scotland
DECC Report: Updated Energy and Emissions Projects 2015
Biomass Energy Centre
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