7f25e96e-ee8a-42b5-9bd8-85568004da6a English British Geological Survey +44 131 667 1000 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk 2025-07-25T11:32:21.890943Z UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608387 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700) Legacy BGS geothermal models: theoretical potential 'heat-in-place' ('geothermal resources' in Rollin et al.,1995) for the Fell Sandstone Formation in the Northumberland-Solway Basin (Carboniferous hot sedimentary aquifer resources) 2011 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608387 This vector contour dataset represents the distribution of the estimated, theoretical potential 'geothermal resources' (in GJ/m2 or PJ/km2) for the Carboniferous Fell Sandstone Formation (Mid Border Group) in the Northumberland-Solway Basin. This grid is the heat-in-place, and represents the amount of heat contained in the productive parts of the identified aquifers (i.e. those with sufficient porosity and permeability to be considered hot sedimentary aquifer resources). Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3142 0115 936 3276 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3142 0115 936 3276 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/7f25e96e-ee8a-42b5-9bd8-85568004da6a.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 Carboniferous Sandstone reservoirs Geothermal energy Geothermal maps Aquifers UK Location (INSPIRE) BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 UK Location (INSPIRE) NERC_DDC Access constraints: no limitations. Use constraints: this dataset is available to view under the Open Government Licence V3 (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) to encourage its use and re-use, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: 'Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI [year]'. Some of the data shown in the BGS view-only service layers are available to licence. The licence cost will generally be a licence administration fee, depending on the usage type and the area coverage of the dataset requested. Companies and other commercial organisations with an interest in reselling BGS data or developing value-added products and services based on BGS data will need a BGS data resellers licence. For more information, contact digitaldata@bgs.ac.uk. 100 English geoscientificInformation British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 NORTHUMBERLAND [id=151100] -3.54 -1.2092 54.3855 55.3823 1978 2025 Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3142 0115 936 3276 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk https://ukgtp.bgs.ac.uk WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link UK Geothermal Platform Web Map An interactive Web map for exploring geothermal energy potential, assessing constraints, and making informed exploration decisions. https://ukgeothermalplatform.org WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link UK Geothermal Platform An online platform for exploring geothermal energy potential, assessing constraints, and making informed exploration decisions. dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false This theoretical potential 'geothermal resource' map for the Fell Sandstone Formation in the Northumberland-Solway Basin was calculated using a simple model of heat-in-place, following the volumetric approach described in Rollin et al. (1995). A Python code was developed to perform calculations on the digital grids representing the interpolated reservoir depth, thickness and temperature distribution at data interval of 1 km, and using assumptions regarding the reservoir parameters (i.e porosity, volumetric heat capacity).