Plans for Cornwall geothermal plant heat up thanks to £15m funding boost

Michael Holder
clock • 4 min read
Credit: Geothermal Engineering
Image:

Credit: Geothermal Engineering

Geothermal Engineering claims United Downs heat and power project is on track to begin generating energy next year following latest investor backing

Geothermal Engineering has secured a further £15m of funding to help advance its flagship zero carbon heat and power project in Cornwall, where the UK firm hopes to combine clean energy generation with...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Michael Holder
Author spotlight

Michael Holder

Environmental journalist and editor

View profile
More from Michael Holder

Global Briefing: Canada touts 'largest clean energy investment in North American history'

National Drought Group: Dry conditions intensifying in England, despite patches of rainfall

More on Technology

Hexa-Cover aims to cut irrigation reservoir evaporation losses
Technology

Hexa-Cover aims to cut irrigation reservoir evaporation losses

Hexa-Cover's floating reservoir cover could reduce evaporation losses by up to 95 per cent, helping growers make better use of stored irrigation water

Toby Whatley, Farmers Guardian
clock 19 August 2026 • 1 min read
Fairphone makes US debut with model boasting lowest carbon footprint to date
Technology

Fairphone makes US debut with model boasting lowest carbon footprint to date

Modular smartphone maker unveils Fairphone (Gen. 6+) with record low footprint of just 30 kilograms of CO2e per device

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 19 August 2026 • 2 min read
Oxford Smith School launches new clean tech modelling project
Technology

Oxford Smith School launches new clean tech modelling project

Smith School and Bank of America renew research partnership exploring roll out of energy storage and low carbon fuel technologies

BusinessGreen staff
BusinessGreen staff
clock 19 August 2026 • 2 min read