The UK’s Brilliant Plan To Repurpose Abandoned Coal Mines

A plan to convert Britain’s disused, flooded coal mines into geothermal power plants is now gaining traction as permission is granted for a testing phase.  Abandoned and flooded underground coal mines are plentiful in the North of England, Britain’s industrial revolution hub.  In South Tyneside, in the northeast of England, the Council has approved plans to “draw geothermal energy from abandoned flooded mines in the former Hebburn Colliery.” The mine was shut down in 1932 and has been disused since.  The pilot…