Geothermal heating

[NorthernRaider]

(11 November 2012, 09:07)Lightspeed Wrote: I'm starting to investigate Geothermal heating for the retreat.

Idea is to install Geo therm bore holes and to use PV to power the pumping and heat exchanger. This is great in theory, but I need to understand the relative power requirements to see if its actually viable.

I can't find anything on here about it.

Have any members got any info they can share with me? I'm thinking that maybe, before starting my own research, someone else on here may have already gone down this patha and could share what they've found with me?

If indeed there is no info here, I'll post what I find at a later date.

In theory you can obtain Geothermal just about anywhere in the UK, in reality deep drilling costs make it an insane proposition for most folks. that leaves you looking for shallow geothermal pockets to access. IE you have to move to where the geo thermal is near the surface. OR you find a group of people in one community wanting geothermal and you form a coop to fund the drilling. An entire ECO village is being planned for Eastgate in Weardale they reckon there is enough geothermal there to heat an entire community plus a fish farm to grow semi tropical Tilapia.

If you cannot afford Geotherm how about Ground Source Heat pumps which are much cheaper and often more cost effective ?

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LS I think you MAY be confusing Geothermal energy systems with ground source heat systems ???