Quote:
Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Iceland also happens to have the advantage of sitting above the Mid Atlantic Ridge:
With hot lava welling up to shallow depths it is easy to get high pressure steam directly from boreholes.
The UK on the otherhand is geologically quiet. Such hot springs that we have like those in Bath are of low grade and while these can be utilised for district heating schemes cannot be use for large scale power generation. |
Yes I do know about Icelands geology and I know that Geothermal power is the solution, but we should look at a way of gerenating power in the local area