Geothermal Industries

Climate change and high energy costs are the driving forces in our search for alternative sources of energy and our goal must be alternative sources of energy that do not further deplete the resources of our planet, in other words renewable energy. Recent rises in the cost of oil and gas mean that not only do we need to protect our planet we need to protect our pockets too! At British Geothermal we specialise in the latest Renewable Energy technology, not only Geothermal Energy we also lead the way in Hydrothermal Energy and Heat Energy Recovery And Storage (HERAS). Geothermal Heating, heating by means of Geothermal Energy, and more particularly Hydrothermal Heating have been used since the times of the Roman Empire. Hydrothermal Energy from naturally occuring hot springs and geysers was used by the Romans as a way of heating buildings and spas. Nowadays the terms Geothermal Heating and Geothermal Energy are also used to refer to heating and cooling achieved by utilizing the natural constant temperature of the Earth. Hydrothermal Heating, heating by means of Hydrothermal Energy can now be successfully employed using relatively low grade heat from rivers and lakes. Heat Pumps pump water containing low grade heat energy and then, by means of Heat Exchangers, concentrate that heat energy to produce smaller volumes of water at much higher temperatures. Ground Source Heat Pumps work on the same principle and cooling is simply achieved by reversing the process. In the summer we can store excess heat in the ground in Thermal Banking Piles, a process known as HERAS (Heat Energy Recovery And Storage) and when winter comes we can use the heat energy we stored during the summer.