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Title HDR Economics: A Review of the UK Geothermal Hot Dry Rock R&D Programme
Authors Harrison, R.; Symons, G. D.
Year 1991
Conference Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
Keywords Hot Dry Rock; Economics; United Kingdom; Research Agencies; Potential; Models; Costs; Engineering; Forecasts
Abstract A review of the UK Department of Energy's Geothermal Hot Dry Rock (HDR) Program was carried out during 1990 and consisted of: an assessment of the current status of HDR technology, based mainly upon the results of the Camborne School of Mines (CSM) team at Rosemanowes Quarry in Cornwall (UK), a conceptual design study of a prototype deep HDR power station in Cornwall undertaken by RTZ Consultants Limited, a reappraisal of the size of the UK HDR resource and the economics of its use for electricity generation.
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