Can crowdfunding power the UK's deep geothermal industry?

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Geothermal Engineering reveals plans to install 10 small wells across the UK to provide renewable heat to communities and housing projects

The renewable energy investment climate may well be tough out there, but few industries can claim to have had as bad a time as the geothermal sector, which despite huge potential has struggled to warm...

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