EGS Energy Ltd announced their plans today for an Engineered Geothermal System (EGS) that they are proposing to develop at the Eden Project in Cornwall. Designed to deliver 3MW of electrical output, the system will also supply heat to the biomes at Eden. The proposed system is a doublet (one injector, one producer) each drilled to 3500m. The ambitious project - which has to resolve the issue of successful reservoir creation - plans to be producing power in 2012. More here:
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