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A planning application has been submitted for an ‘energy centre’ to house the equipment needed to extract and distribute the heat

How a renewable energy scheme is seeking to use water from an old coal mine to deliver low-carbon heat

15 December 2021, by Michael Donnelly

A local authority on Tyneside is seeking to provide renewable heat for buildings, including a leisure centre and a block of flats, using mine water from an abandoned colliery, writes Michael Donnelly

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