Under pressure - UK deep geothermal industry faces uncertain future

Jessica Shankleman
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DECC pulls grant for Cornish deep geothermal project, but chief executive of company confident that government will ultimately back scheme

When the government pulled a multi-million pound grant from Geothermal Engineering Ltd last week, it seemed as if the final nail had been banged into the coffin for the UK's first commercial hot rocks...

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