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Mine water heat network goes live at Seaham Garden Village
A geothermal heat network drawing on a former coal mine's water treatment infrastructure is now supplying low-carbon heating and hot water to around 750 homes at Seaham Garden Village, County Durham. The scheme is projected to cut roughly 2,600 tonnes of CO2 a year.
Our readReusing mine water treatment infrastructure already in place is what makes this scheme's economics work, and it is a template for the dozens of former coalfields sitting on the same resource.
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