UK developers: 61% of national heating demand could be met by Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES).

UK developers: 61% of national heating demand could be met by Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES).

We currently have eleven systems.

A late-2024 Imperial College study shows the UK has both the climate and the aquifers to scale ATES, delivering MW-scale heating and cooling for large buildings and districts.

Key findings:
• Up to 61% of UK heating and 79% of cooling could technically be supplied
• Significant carbon savings vs comparable heat pump systems
• Cooling demand is rising fastt – ATES supplies both from the same wells
• UK underperformance is largely a design and awareness issue, not geology

For large, high-density schemes:
>ATES is seasonal storage beneath your site.
>Summer heat becomes winter supply.
>Winter cool becomes summer resilience.

The Netherlands has ~3,000 systems.
The UK has eleven.

If you’re masterplanning a major development in the UK, have you considered the energy benefits of storing thermal energy underground?

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