The government's hopes of reviving the UK fracking industry may be hanging by a thread, but calls are growing for it to ramp up support for a very different sort of drilling technology.
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has today written to Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg to provide an update on evidence it has received as part of its review into the potential of geothermal technologies in the UK.
The Committee said geothermal energy has the potential to fulfil much of UK's current heating needs through a combination of heat pumps, district heating systems, and power generation. It added that according to some projections the sector could support as many as 25,000 jobs by 2050, while playing a central role in delivering on the UK's net zero targets.
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