OR/19/019 Borehole sites

Entwisle, David, C. 2019. Engineering geology and geotechnical summary of central Glasgow in the vicinity of the UK Geoenergy Observatories field sites. British geological Survey. (OR/19/019).

There are five locations currently planned (October 2018). All are within Clyde Gateway regeneration area, which is south-east of the centre of Glasgow, and is on both sides of the River Clyde (see Figure 1 below).

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Figure 1    The Clyde Gateway regeneration area (blue border) and proposed borehole location sites with the location number (green points). Includes mapping data licensed from Ordnance Survey. © Crown Copyright and/or database right 2019. Licence number 100021290.

Target formations

The Scottish Middle and Lower Coal Measures formations have been extensively mined in the area and these partially open or collapsed mines are the target formations for low temperature geothermal energy and thermal storage.