The authorities of the English city of Stoke-on-Trent, which is the capital of British ceramics, intend to create a unique geothermal heating system on the basis of dead volcano. About £52 million of the state’s treasury money will be spent on the construction of low-cost and environmentally friendly heating in 2016-2019. Also it is planned to attract £17 million of additional private investments for the development of the missing infrastructure in the neighbourhoods of geothermal well, informs ee24.com citing the Daily Mail.
The new heating system will operate in the towns of Hanley and Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire County in the west of England. This is the second project in the UK. Earlier Southampton decided to "catch of the volcano" in 2012.
It is expected that the heat will be transferred from the hot rocks layer lying at a depth of 3.2 km and capable to heat the water to a temperature above 105° C. Heat energy will be used for households experiencing "fuel poverty". Pipe with total length of 11 km will be owned by the government.
