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2018-08-28 | |
发布年 | 2018 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | Glasgow City Council and South Lanarkshire Council have approved plans to develop a world class geothermal research observatory in the east end of the city. Work will begin on site this autumn. The research at the observatory aims to contribute to an understanding of the potential for warm water in disused coal mines to be used for renewable heat. The observatory is one of two sites proposed in the £31 million UK Geoenergy Observatories investment led by NERC, the UK's leading funder for environmental sciences, and the British Geological Survey (BGS), the UK's principal provider of impartial geological evidence since 1835. The Glasgow Geothermal Energy Research Field Site will enable the UK science community to study the geothermal environment just below the Earth's surface. Co-director of the Lyell Centre, BGS (Scotland), Tracy Shimmield said:
Professor Zoe Shipton, Professor of Geological Engineering at the University of Strathclyde and Chair of the Science Advisory Group for the observatories, said:
UK government Science Minister Sam Gyimah said:
The field site will feature a number of boreholes of various depths, which will enable research into the area's geology, underground water systems and the potential for mine water geothermal heat. Measurements will be taken from the boreholes, such as temperature, water movement and water chemistry. Environmental baseline monitoring of near-surface chemistry, gases and waters will also be measured. The research will be carried out over an extended period of time, around 15 years. The observatory will be open to the whole of the UK science community to undertake research. Continuous data from state-of-the-art sensors will feed from the boreholes to an online portal that will be open, free and accessible to the public, government, regulators, academia, and industry. NERC Director of Research & Innovation Professor Tim Wheeler said:
Pauline Elliott, Head of Planning & Economic Development, South Lanarkshire Council, said:
Councillor Anna Richardson, City Convener for Sustainability & Carbon Reduction at Glasgow City Council, said:
Ian Manson, Chief Executive of Clyde Gateway, said:
Further informationMary Goodchild Claire Buchanan Notes1. NERC is the UK's main agency for funding and managing research, training and knowledge exchange in the environmental sciences. Our work covers the full range of atmospheric, Earth, biological, terrestrial and aquatic science, from the deep oceans to the upper atmosphere and from the poles to the equator. We coordinate some of the world's most exciting research projects, tackling major issues such as climate change, environmental influences on human health, the genetic make-up of life on Earth, and much more. NERC is part of UK Research & Innovation, a non-departmental public body funded by a grant-in-aid from the UK government. 2. The British Geological Survey (BGS), a component body of NERC, is the nation's principal supplier of objective, impartial and up-to-date geological expertise and information for decision making for governmental, commercial and individual users. The BGS maintains and develops the nation's understanding of its geology to improve policy making, enhance national wealth and reduce risk. It also collaborates with the national and international scientific community in carrying out research in strategic areas, including energy and natural resources, our vulnerability to environmental change and hazards, and our general knowledge of the Earth system. 3. The UK Geoenergy Observatories project will establish new centres for research into the subsurface environment and provide opportunities to research how natural processes can control resource availability, and how natural resources can be used responsibly for present and future generations. The knowledge they generate will contribute to an understanding of new low-carbon energy technologies both in the UK and internationally. The capital project is NERC's response to the British government's announcement in the 2014 Autumn Statement that it would create world-class subsurface energy research test centres through NERC, operated by BGS. |
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来源平台 | Natural Environment Research Council |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/103706 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
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