Guardbridge geothermal technology demonstrator project: feasibility report

Report of the study exploring the potential of a geothermal district heating system accessing hot sedimentary aquifer resources underlying Guardbridge, Fife.


15. References

15.1 Published articles and reports

Armstrong M., Paterson I.B. and Browne M.A.E., 1985. Geology of the Perth and Dundee district. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

Bates, C. R., Moore, C. G., Malthus, T., Mair, J. M. and Karpouzli, E. (2004). Broad scale mapping of habitats in the Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary, Scotland. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 007 (ROAME F01AA401D).

Baptie, B. 2010. Seismogenesis and state of stress in the UK. Tectonophysics 482: 150-159.

Browne M.A.E., Robins N.S., Evans R.B., Monro S.K., and Robson P.G., 1987. The Upper Devonian and Carboniferous sandstones of the Midland Valley of Scotland. Investigation of the Geothermal Potential of the UK. British Geological Survey Geothermal Resources Program.

Browne M.A.E., Dean M.T., Hall I.H.S., McAdam A.D., Monro S.K. and Chishold J.I., 1999. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous rocks of the Midland Valley of Scotland. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/99/07.

Browne, M.A.E., Smith, R.A., and Aitken, A.M. (2002) Stratigraphical framework for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort Willam to Aberdeen. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/01/04. 67 pp.

Cherubini, Y, Cacace, M. Scheck-Wenderoth, M, and Noack, V (2014) Influence of major fault zones on 3-D coupled fluid and heat transport for the Brandenburg region ( NE German Basin). Geoth. Energ. Sci., 2, 1-20.

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Macdonald, A.M., Ball, D.F. and Ó Dochartaigh, B.É. (2004) A GIS of aquifer productivity in Scotland: explanatory notes. BGS Commissioned Report CR/04/047N.

Macdonald, A.M., Darling, W.G., Ball, D.F. and Oster H. (2003) Identifying trends in groundwater quality using residence time indicators: an example from the Dumfries basin, Scotland. Hydrogeology Journal 11: 504-517.

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Ó Dochartaigh B.É.. 2004. The physical properties of the Upper Devonian/Lower Carboniferous aquifer in Fife. BGS Internal Report IR/04/003.

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Ó Dochartaigh, B.É., Macdonald, A.M., Fitzsimons, V., and Ward, R. (2015). Scotland's aquifers and groundwater bodies. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/15/028. 76pp.

Ó Dochartaigh, B.É., Smedley, P.L., Macdonald, A.M., and Darling, W.G. (2006) Baseline Scotland: the Lower Devonian aquifer of Strathmore. British Geological Survey Commissioned Report, CR/06/250N. 60pp.

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Rogers, S.F. (2003) Critical stress-related permeability in fractured rocks. Pp. 716 in: Fracture and In-situ Stress Characterization of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs (M. Ameen, editor) Geological Society, London.

Rogers, S.F. and Evans, C.J. (2002) Stress-dependent flow in fractured Rocks at Sellafield, United Kingdom. Pp. 241250 in: Geological Applications of Well Logs (M. Lovell and N. Parkinson, editors). AAPG Methods in Exploration No. 13. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

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Shell, P.J. 2002. Depositional and stratigraphic framework of the VIsean of Fife and the Central North Sea. A thesis submitted as part of the PhD in Geoscience degree, University of St Andrews .

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15.2 Guidance and regulatory documents

Regulatory Guidance: Geothermal Heat in Scotland

http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00493200.pdf

The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (as amended) http://www.sepa.org.uk/regulations/water/

Scottish National Planning Framework 3

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/06/3539/downloads

http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00493200.pdf

Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994, as amended - guidance

http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/protected-areas/international-designations/natura-sites/

Natura sites and the Habitats Regulations - How to consider proposals affecting Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas in Scotland

http://www.snh.gov.uk/publications-data-and-research/publications/search-the-catalogue/publication-detail/?id=1364

DECC Report: Updated Energy and Emissions Projects 2015

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/501292/eepReport2015_160205.pdf

Biomass Energy Centre

http://www.biomassenergycentre.org.uk

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