2026 Mine Water Geothermal Energy Symposium
Held on the 29th and 30th April 2026 in Newcastle, England and online.
This event wasa collaborative effort between the British Geological Survey, The Mining Remediation Authority, The UK Department of Energy Security and Net Zero and IEA Geothermal.
This web page is your way to access the presentations from the event. More talks will be added as they are approved for publication by presenters.
Access the event programme (URL link)
Welcome and Introduction - Short talk by Brian Carey, Executive Secretary, IEA Geothermal. (Link to video)
Keynote Address
Sarah Robinson - Department of Energy Security and Net Zero. (Video of presentation)
Theme - Schemes
Belinda Humphrey, 26–26: The Reinvention of Mines in Gateshead, 1926–2026. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Michael Smith, Using a behavioural science model to investigate end-user barriers and facilitators to mine water district heating. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Fiona Todd, An update on research and development of mine water heat at the Mining Remediation Authority. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Stuart Bellwood, Operational Waste Mine Water Heat Schemes in the UK. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Sally Jack, Investigating the "Gurt” Mine Water Opportunity in the South West of England. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Tony Bennett, Mine Water Energy Resource and Opportunities in West Cornwall, UK. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Thomas Olver, Examining the feasibility of Mine Thermal Energy Storage alongside the United Downs Geothermal Power Plant, Cornwall. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Rob Driver, Towards design re-use in MWGH systems – benefits, challenges and strategies. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Dave Gowans, The challenges of constructing boreholes into mine workings. (Video presentation)
Theme - International
Elke Mugova, MTES Implementation in Flooded Mine Galleries: Drilling Optimisation from the PUSH-IT Project. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Ewa Janson, Coupled mine water geothermal and solar energy storage systems for low-carbon, high-temperature district heating – research on heat storage in post mining scenarios. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Aaron Graham, Complete-Cycle Mine-Water Thermal Systems: Circular Resource Design for Off-Grid Data Center Operations. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Emna Bouzaiene, Evaluating the Geothermal Potential of Mine Water from an Active Mine: A Pilot Project in Quebec, Eastern Canada. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Luis Calvo Buelga, Thermal stratification and electrical conductivity profiles in flooded coal mine shafts of the Central Asturian Coal Basin (Spain): implications for mine water geothermal management. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Research Theme - Resources
Jon Gluyas (presented by Alastair Basden), The big heat: data centres, waste heat and seasonal storage. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Alastair Basden, The ICHS project at Durham University: Inter-seasonal waste heat storage. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Neil Burnside, Mineshaft thermal energy storage feasibility studies – a case study at Monktonhall, Scotland. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Sam Smith, Techno-economic feasibility of using abandoned flooded mines for storage and transport of waste heat. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Mylene Receveur, Can we predict sustainable heat recovery in mine water geothermal systems? (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Alison Monaghan, Impact of mine heterogeneity on thermal plume development. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Research Theme - Modelling
Semra Polat, Thermal Sustainability of Mine Water Geothermal Systems: A Coupled Flow and Heat Transport Modelling Study. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Tomiwa Aderemi, A scenario-based approach for characterising subsurface uncertainties in shallow mine geothermal flow systems. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Difu Shi, From The Fast Heat Extraction Modelling to Time dependant Mine Water Heat Storage: GEMSToolbox Updates. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Callum Thomas, Mine-groundwater interactions and the effects on Mine water Geothermal Resource feasibility. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Yoel Centeno-Idiañez, Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Thermal Interference in a Simulated Two-Well Geothermal System. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Theme - Regulatory and Social
Joanne Eynon, Mine Water Heat Access Agreements: the end-to-end process for securing permissions in Great Britain. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Andres Gonzalez Quiros, Regulatory Challenges for Mine Thermal Energy Storage in Germany and the UK: insights from the PUSH-IT Project. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Elke Mugova, Communication and Engagement Approaches for Introducing MTES Technologies: Experiences from the PUSH-IT Project. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Fiona Todd, QJEGH Mine Water Energy Thematic Collection: Overview and highlights. (Video of talk and pdf of presentation)
Posters
To be added
