Ecotricity, the world’s first green energy company, has signed a pioneering agreement that enables the production and sale of geothermal electricity for the first time in the UK – generating steam more than 3 miles beneath Cornwall to power homes with renewable energy.
The geothermal site on the United Downs in Cornwall was covered in a Sunday Times magazine feature on 3rd January 2021, which predicts geothermal power could eventually provide up to 10% of the country’s energy needs and be an “always on” renewable source.
Ecotricity’s partnership with Geothermal Engineering Limited will see a minimum of 3MW of baseload electricity – enough to power 10,000 homes a year produced by the plant and distributed via the National Grid. It is the first time that electricity from geothermal energy has been produced and sold in the UK. Ecotricity has agreed a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for energy generated at the site.
We visited the GEL site in Cornwall to learn more...
