The oil and gas company, IGas, announced today it is to explore geothermal energy sites in Cornwall.
In a statement to investors, IGas said it had reached agreement with Cornish Lithium to evaluate commercial geothermal sites.
The deal would also investigate the potential to extract lithium from geothermal water, the statement said.
Cornish Lithium had secured land and mineral rights in south west England, IGas said. It had also developed models of mineral potential in the region.
IGas chief executive Stephen Bowler said:
“This collaboration with Cornish Lithium is another important step in our drive to diversify and leverage our operational expertise.
“This complements the ongoing work on hydrogen production and carbon storage and further augments our geothermal business.”
This is IGas’s third move into geothermal energy.
In September 2021, IGas announced an agreement with CeraPhi Energy to develop geothermal projects using existing oil and gas wells.
A year earlier, IGas acquired the geothermal business, GT Energy UK Limited, which has plans for a deep renewable heat scheme in Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire.
DRILL OR DROP? 
Oh dear – Geothermal in Cornwall = fracking. Expect a lot of posts on DOD objecting to this…..
Support geothermal but if it causes earthquakes I’m sure that will be unacceptable to most people.
http://www.gtenergy.net/what-is-geothermal/faq/what-is-the-difference-between-geothermal-and-fracking/
KatT, latest news from the Eden project geothermal well.
“During first stage of our well testing programme, started in January 2022, we carried out a series of injection tests. We continuously recorded hydraulic and seismic data through this period. Our monitoring system recorded over 100 microseismic events, and the data from these events are providing us with the information we need about where the water flows in relation to the well. The events we recorded were low level (the largest was Magnitude 1.1). We will continue to monitor microseismicity as we continue with injection testing over the coming weeks.”