A £3 million project exploring whether Stormont and CAFRE's Greenmount campus can be heated with geothermal energy, could tackle security of supply issues, decarbonisation and energy costs.
Department for Economy's permanent secretary, Mike Brennan, made the comment at the launch of milestone project, GeoEnergy NI, at Stormont Estate's Pavilion on Monday.
The DfE-led scheme follows three years groundwork and aims to ‘unearth the heat beneath our feet’ to support Northern Ireland's 2050 net zero target. The plans are expected to go before planners soon.
