Officials celebrate nation's first project set to power 10,000 homes using the Earth's heat: 'A genuine game-changer'

Officials celebrate nation's first project set to power 10,000 homes using the Earth's heat: 'A genuine game-changer'

The Earth's core is nearly as hot as the surface of the sun, according to scientists, and that underground heat can be used to help geothermal power plants generate electricity. For homes that get to benefit, that power never runs out. The BBC reported that the United Downs plant near Truro in Cornwall is the first in the United Kingdom to generate electricity from deep geothermal energy. According to the BBC, the project required Geothermal Eng…