Plans to develop the UK's first commercial-scale geothermal power station in Cornwall have secured nearly £1.5m of government funding.
The power plant - using "hot rocks" technology - is to be based at Redruth and would provide electricity and heat for homes and businesses. Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) has gained the grant from the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
The total cost of building the plant will be about £40m.
The power plant will work by pumping water deep underground to be warmed by the earth's natural heat and then returned to the surface.
The heated water would power turbines, generating electricity and heat.
GEL, based at Gwennap, is hoping to work with Cornwall Council to deliver some of this heat back to the local community.
The sustainable energy plant would provide 55MW annually for local use and 10MW for the national grid.
Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/8425272.stm
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