Geosolutions Leeds will present at the next GSNI webinar

Dr Emma Bramham and Dr Arka Sarkar will present at an online webinar organised by the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI) on Thursday 27 February.

They will discuss the Geothermal Campus Living Lab project alongside a wider range of projects exploring the potential for geothermal in our urban environments. The webinar will also highlight how the outcomes of the projects can help bring forward the agenda for geothermal in Leeds and the UK.

The University’s Geothermal Campus project is one of their current initiatives through which they have developed a geothermal living lab for research and teaching on campus to provide an environment to explore how aquifers can be harnessed for heating, cooling and energy storage not only beneath the Leeds campus but also across Leeds, Yorkshire and the wider UK.

As one of the cities involved in the UK Government’s heat network zoning pilot, Leeds has been selected as one of six cities to move forward to develop the first heat network zones. This presents the opportunity to develop geothermal as a sustainable, place-based energy provision alongside a wider heat network agenda.

Alongside the Geothermal Campus work, Geosolutions Leeds has been working on a range of projects that bring together interdisciplinary expertise across geoscience, engineering and social sciences. These include an OfGEM Strategic Innovation Fund project to explore the potential for urban geothermal to offset the need for increasing electrification and provide opportunities for long-duration energy storage, and two research England social policy projects to focus on developing policy frameworks for geothermal uptake in the urban environment.

The webinar is free and will be hosted online from 4pm to 5pm.

To attend the event, register on Eventbrite.