Edward Oldfield, Plymouth Live
Summary
Work to redevelop Plymouth’s derelict Civic Centre has reached an important next stage as developers and the city council press ahead with a new heating system using energy from deep underground.
A trial borehole was drilled up to 100m deep outside the city centre building in October to investigate whether a geothermal scheme was viable. Now the city council is going ahead with more work costing hundreds of thousands of pounds after approving the business case for the project.
The Civic Centre District Energy scheme is designed to capture warmth from underground to provide a system of heat and cooling for the building, which is due to be turned into flats.
The network would also supply the Council House next door and Guildhall across Armada Way, and could be extended to developments in the city centre and Millbay.
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