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albie

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Old coal mines
« on December 09, 2023, 08:56:09 pm by albie »
New use for disused mine workings;
Abandoned coal mines could store wind energy | New Scientist
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2F2403650-abandoned-coal-mines-could-store-wind-energy%2F

Be good if the trials work out!



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SydneyRover

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Re: Old coal mines
« Reply #1 on December 09, 2023, 11:00:14 pm by SydneyRover »
CO2 storage in abandoned coal mines?

https://ro.uow.edu.au/coal/378/#:~:text=CO2%20can%20be%20stored%20in,mines%20and%20engineering%20design%20parameters.

An efficient extraction system has to be developed first.

drfchound

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Re: Old coal mines
« Reply #2 on December 10, 2023, 06:49:01 am by drfchound »
New use for disused mine workings;
Abandoned coal mines could store wind energy | New Scientist
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2F2403650-abandoned-coal-mines-could-store-wind-energy%2F

Be good if the trials work out!

I’ve just read that article albie and it is very interesting and as you say, good if the trials turnout to be good.

roversdude

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Re: Old coal mines
« Reply #3 on December 10, 2023, 09:58:47 am by roversdude »
Whatever happened to the technology they were going to use at Hatfield for the clean burn

Filo

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Re: Old coal mines
« Reply #4 on December 10, 2023, 10:24:47 am by Filo »
Whatever happened to the technology they were going to use at Hatfield for the clean burn

The coalition Government cancelled it when they came to power

TheDonnyPop

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Re: Old coal mines
« Reply #5 on December 10, 2023, 12:23:08 pm by TheDonnyPop »
Cracking Puns Filo, takes me back to when I applied for a job down Hatfield pit.
Didnt get it as I didnt have any experience. Oh well, never mined

albie

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Re: Old coal mines
« Reply #6 on January 05, 2024, 11:53:10 pm by albie »
Germans thinking smart about their old coal mines;
https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/bochum-germany-to-extract-geothermal-heat-from-abandoned-coal-mines/

We could do that, couldn't we?

 

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