The Oldham Times
Summary
A project is looking at a way to get Oldham’s former coal mines to heat buildings across the town centre.
Oldham Mine Water Heat Network is an innovative project from the council which would use heat reclaimed from the floodwater in disused coal mines that sit underneath the town centre.
Mine water gets warmer the deeper it is, with temperatures ranging from 10 to 20C, however, they can reach 40C at depths of around one kilometre.
The scheme would help towards the borough's efforts to become greener, as buildings would be heated by a renewable energy source.
The Oldham Mine Water Heat Network would work through heat exchangers and heat pumps being used to recover the heat and distribute it via district heating networks to homes and buildings.
The scheme is one of the borough's projects to become greener and more energy efficient.
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