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6.3 Coal Mines and Clean Energy?

In the UK, many urban centres lie above disused coal mines. This activity explores how this industrial legacy can be exploited for clean energy in the form of district heating systems. Sweden has an interesting use of their warm time caverns that stored reserve oil. These now function as giant heat batteries for district heating systems. Student Task Watch the BBC video about the use of disused coal mines in the UK....

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