Question follow-through · 36136
Geothermal Power: County Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential across the Durham Coalfield for producing sustainable geothermal energy from disused mines.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 14 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential across the Durham Coalfield for producing sustainable geothermal energy from disused mines.
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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14 Mar 2025
Answer published
To achieve net zero at lowest cost, we must look at how to accelerate all low carbon technologies including geothermal. The mine water from coal mines shows good potential as a renewable source for heat networks. The government is therefore supporting min...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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