Publication - Research and analysis

Hill of Banchory geothermal energy project: feasibility report

Published: 23 March 2016
Directorate: Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change
ISBN: 9781786520753

Report of a study which explored the potential for a deep geothermal heat project at the Hill of Banchory, Aberdeenshire.

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Footnotes

1. See http://www.banchoryfutures.co.uk/Banchory/home.html.

2. Survey results can be found at http://www.hobesco.com/

3. A thin section is a slice of rock cut thin enough to be transparent (~0.03 mm), so the mineral and textural characteristics of the rock can be examined using a microscope.

4. Grampian Housing Association properties have not yet been agreed for connection but a heat supply agreement may be established in the future.

5. LHD is a ratio of demand to pipe length (MWh/m) and can provide a good early stage indication of whether the network has enough demand to justify the initial capital costs of pipe installation.

6. Report to Aberdeenshire Council through AECOM (2013)

7. https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/151867/wat_rm_24.pdf

8. https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/34709/wat-sg-62-groundwater-abstractions-geothermal-energy.pdf

9. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Business-Industry/Energy/Energy-sources/19185/GeothermalEnergy/RegulatoryGuidance

10. http://www.ukconversionfactorscarbonsmart.co.uk/

11. http://www.theclimateregistry.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-TCR-Default-EF-April-2015-FINAL.pdf

12. https://www.worldsteel.org/statistics/Sustainability-indicators.html

13. http://www.ukconversionfactorscarbonsmart.co.uk/, 'fuels' worksheet.

14. http://www.ukconversionfactorscarbonsmart.co.uk/, 'UK electricity' worksheet

15. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/48193/3153-final-report-carbon-factor.pdf., fig. 3.1.

16. http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0044/00444530.pdf P. 47.

17. http://geodh.eu/