Galleries to Calories (G2C) - Minewater Energy in Scotland
BDCC Media Officer
Added at 09:35 on 30 January 2025
Galleries to Calories (G2C) - Minewater Energy
Whilst not directly associated with Bonnyrigg & District we have been asked to share the following information about an ongoing project in Midlothian. The work is presently being undertaken near to Gowkley Moss Roundabout on the A701.
Galleries to Calories (G2C) is a research collaboration between the University of Edinburgh and a team comprising UK renewable energy experts and international academic researchers. The G2C project focuses on the potential of Scotland’s historic mine workings to provide heating, cooling and energy storage to Scotland’s businesses and homes.
Running from 2022 – 2025, assessment of mine workings in Midlothian will be undertaken, including drilling boreholes into mines to extract and reinject minewater to inform their potential for future heating and cooling. The results of the pilot study will be an understanding of the viability of using mines to transport waste heat energy from the University of Edinburgh’s Advanced Computing Facility (ACF) at the Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian to other population centres above the interconnected mine working complex.
The project is funded by the European Commission Geothermica ERA-NET programme and Scottish Enterprise, with the support for the Coal Authority, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), and Midlothian Council.
Further information on the project can be found at the following links:
G2C - Briefing for Stakeholders