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14/04/2010  GeoTrainet course for GSHP designers



5th GEOTRAINET course to be held in Newcastle for GSHP designers. 14 -16th April

13/04/2010  Ground Source Live! 2010



The GeoDrilling show will again be holding a two day Ground Source Live! conference at the Peterborough exhibition venue on 13th and 14th April

12/03/2010  AEA/NERC on environment research for GSHPs



AEA to hold seminar on behalf of NERC on the environmental research needs of GSHPs

02/02/2010  CONFERENCE ON HEAT-PUMP TECHNOLOGY USING MINEWATER



The National Coal Mining Museum to hold a conference on the use of minewater with heat pumps to provide heating and/or cooling of buildings.

01/02/2010  Renwable Heat Incentive consultation launched



The Department of Energy and Climate Change launched the consultation document on the proposed Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.

05/01/2010  BRE launch new GSHP leaflet



The BRE issue a new leaflet on Ground Source Heat Pumps

25/12/2009  Ground Source Energy Conference



emap are promotiong a repeat of their Ground Source Energy Conference on Tuesday 26th January in London at the CBI Conference Centre

21/12/2009  Deep Geothermal Challenge Fund



The Deep Geothermal Challenge Fund announced the award of grants to three significant geothermal projects.

09/12/2009  Current & Future Research into Ground Source Energy



The UK Ground Source Heat Pump Association to hold a Research Seminar on Thursday 21st January 2010 at Milton Keynes

05/12/2009  Plimsoll Report on the UK GSHP market



A review of the UK Ground Source Heat Pumps industry in 2009 - released by Plimsoll.

01/11/2009  Underground technology could produce a third of UK’s renewable heat needs



"Ground source heating and cooling pumps - state of play and future trends - A review of the current and future use of ground source heat pumps."

14/10/2009  CIOB to hold repeat meeting on GSHPs



Low carbon building - what's the Earth got to do with it ? CIOB meeting - Plymouth

07/10/2009  CIBSE course on GSHP specification



CIBSE Training are running a day course on "How to specify a ground source energy system" at their London HQ

07/10/2009  M&E show will cover GSHPs



This year's M&E show at Olympia is being held in conjunction with Energy Solutions Expo - will include heat pump exhibitors and GSHP sessions.

01/10/2009  Heat pump publication launched



Heat Pumps Today launched as publication primarily tragetted at domestic installers

28/09/2009  TRAINING COURSE FOR DRILLERS IN GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP (GSHP) SYSTEMS



Geotrainet announces the second of its training courses for drillers. 28-29 September, Dublin, Ireland

24/09/2009  CIOB meeting on Ground Source



Chartered Institute of Building regional meeting to focus on ground source heat pumps.

23/09/2009  London HEVAR for Heat Pumps



This year's London HEVAR conference to run sessions on Heat Pumps

27/08/2009  Geotechnica - Trade Show & Exhibition



Equipe Training's new two day Technical & Trade Show for the geotechnical and drilling industry includes session on Ground Source Heat Pumps

25/06/2009  Ashden Award for major GSHP installer



Geothermal International has won the Business Award in this year's Asden Awards.

24/06/2009  London HEVAR heat pump talks



A repeat of a HEVAR session on heat pumps will be held in September.

20/06/2009  Prince Charles turns Highgrove into a green haven



Heat pumps installed on the Highgrove Estate as part of Prince Charles' latest environmental measures.

10/06/2009  Train the Trainer courses start



The European GeoTrainet project held the first of its Train the Trainer courses on GSHP systems on June 10 - 12th in Uppsala Sweden.

09/06/2009  GROMIT project starts



A kick-off meeting was held on 9th June for the GROMIT project at the Soil Science Department of Reading University.

04/06/2009  US powers ahead with GSHPs



Presdident Obama announces $50 million of support for GSHP technology in the US

02/06/2009  Hot Dry Rock returns to Cornwall



Hot Dry Rock power plant planned for Eden Project

01/06/2009  GSHPA Annual Meeting



The UK Ground Source Heat Pump Association Annual meeting will be held in Milton Keynes on 22nd June.

29/05/2009  BEAMA pumps it up - new domestic heat pump association



BEAMA announces a new UK trade association to promote the introduction of domestic heat pumps.

18/05/2009  Thermal Behaviour of the Ground



Institution of Civil Engineers to hold one day symposium on the Thermal Behaviour of the Ground

15/05/2009  Cameron on Geothermal Energy



Cameron promises to kick-start deep geothermal energy during visit to Cornwall

01/05/2009  GSHP company receives Carbon Positive Award



At the South West Carbon Positive Awards in Bristol, a leading GSHP installer won the award for "Carbon Positive Cutting Edge"

21/04/2009  GeolSoc and EGS/HDR



Engineered Geothermal Energy, the UK's buried treasure.

17/04/2009  Tate Modern to use Thames for heating and cooling



The new extension to the Tate Modern is to use water from the Thames gravels to deliver heating and cooling.

08/04/2009  Heat beneath your feet



Royal Academy of Engineering seminar on geothermal energy in the UK.

12/03/2009  Ground Source Live!



Ground Source Live! is an event committed to exploring the importance of this exciting energy source.



This newsletter is assembled by Robin Curtis who has a vested interest in this technology and currently works for EarthEnergy Limited - a UK promoter of ground source heat pumps. Notwithstanding - this informal newsletter is intended to provide a focus for all UK activity on ground coupled, water source heating and cooling technology for buildings. This is variously referred to as earth coupled systems, geothermal heat pumps, earth energy systems, closed loop ground source heat pumps etc.

If you have any comments or contributions please do not hesitate to contact the author. Provided that items that you wish to submit are of relevance to the technology I will endeavour to incorporate them as quickly as possible - other commitments permitting.

No responsibility is taken for any of the material presented here.

No endorsement of ANY projects, companies or equipment is inferred or implied in any way.

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