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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Network of geothermal power stations ‘could help level up UK’

An aerial view of steam coming from a geothermal power plant in Iceland
A geothermal power plant in Iceland, where the technology is used extensively. Potential geothermal sites in the UK include Teesside, Newcastle and east Yorkshire. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

A network of underground geothermal plants is being touted as a way to help level up the UK after a report discovered many areas with the greatest geothermal potential lie beneath the towns and cities most in need of investment.

Areas that have been earmarked by the government as part of its levelling up agenda are about three times as likely to be rich in untapped energy from the earth, according to an academic study commissioned by No 10.

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