Earth's heat to produce electricity for homes in UK clean energy first

What the UK’s first geothermal power plant means for the nation’s electricity supply

More than half of the UK’s electrical power was supplied by renewable energy on February 25 2026. That consisted mainly of solar, wind and hydroelectric sources. The next day, a new source of electricity started feeding into the grid for the first time – geothermal power. At a site near Redruth called United Downs, in Cornwall, a company called Geothermal Engineering Ltd has started producing geothermal electricity. To generate power (electricit…

UK's first deep geothermal electricity plant switches on

The plan to generate deep geothermal electricity in Cornwall had been years in the making, but the discovery that the water was rich in lithium - a key component to make car batteries - was "just lucky".

Earth's heat to produce electricity for homes in UK clean energy first

Water super-heated by rocks will also provide the UK's first domestic supply of the critical mineral lithium.

Britain’s first continuous geothermal power plant begins operation in Cornwall

For the first time in the UK geothermal energy is being used to generate round‑the‑clock electricity on a commercial scale. The post Britain’s first continuous geothermal power plant begins operation in Cornwall appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Earth's heat to power 10,000 homes in renewable energy first for UK

The UK’s first geothermal power plant has been turned on, providing a completely new type of renewable electricity using hot water from underground. On Thursday morning, the Cornish plant will be switched on after nearly two decades in development which required Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) to drill the deepest on-shore well in the UK. The water, super-heated by rocks, will help drive turbines to generate electricity for 10,000 homes, but wi…

'Constant energy source beneath our feet': Pioneering geothermal power plant opens in Cornwall

United Downs power plant in Cornwall is the first in the UK to generate electricity from subsurface heat and produce lithium for use in car batteries