It seems these sort of things never quite run to plan and it is comforting to know that it isn’t just in this country that projects overrun!
It appears that the drilling rig has been further delayed on its current project in Finland and will not now arrive until August with a projected start time for drilling of mid September and a projected finish date of March 2019.
Update on the United Downs Deep Geothermal Power project
We began site preparation work in mid-March and were initially hampered by bad weather and wet ground conditions. The work involves the removal of waste, levelling the surface, creating concrete pads, constructing drilling cellars, providing power, water and waste infrastructure, installing fencing, gates and lighting, and building temporary site offices. We now hope to finish groundworks by the middle of June and have the site office and visitor facility ready by the end of June.
During June we will also install ‘conductor casings’ at the location of each deep well. These are 30” diameter steel pipes installed to a depth of 10m to protect any near-surface loose material from the drilling operation. They will be installed by a small water well drilling rig.
The drilling rig we will be using is currently being used to drill and test a geothermal well in Finland and unfortunately this project has fallen further behind schedule. As a result, the rig won’t be released for mobilisation to Cornwall until the middle of July. We therefore now expect drilling to begin in early August and finish in February 2019.
The first four stations of our microseismic monitoring system have been installed and are now collecting data. A further three to five stations will follow soon.
Our education programme continues to pick up. We have visited five secondary schools so far and have visits planned to about a dozen primary schools before the end of the school year. We are also in contact with schools about visits and sessions in the Autumn term. Our second educational film, aimed at secondary schools and above, is almost complete.
Once we have the site finished and the office ready for use, we will be organising drop-in sessions for local residents and businesses to visit and find out more about what we are doing.
The project website provides information about geothermal energy in general, and the UDDGP project in particular, and will be kept up to date with news on the programme and site activities.
www.uniteddownsgeothermal.co.uk
Peter Ledingham
UDDGP Project Manager
May 2018
Over the May Bank Holidays the Chacewater & Devoran Surgeries will operate the following opening hours:
Saturday 05 May Chacewater surgery only open from 08.30 – 11.30 for pre-booked appointments only
Sunday 06 May Both surgeries closed
Monday 07 May Both surgeries closed
Saturday 26 May Chacewater surgery only open from 08.30 – 11.30 for pre-booked appointments only
Sunday 27 May Both surgeries closed
Monday 28 May Both surgeries closed
In a medical emergency please dial 999
If you require any medical advice please telephone 111 (NHS 111) and you will speak to the National Out of Hours service
For those of you with an interest in this project please see the article below for the latest information.
April 2018 update
As our current Parish Clerk/Responsible Financial Officer will be retiring at the end of September we are inviting applications for his replacement.
This is a part-time, salaried role of 10.5 hours per week and the salary will be paid in accordance with the NALC agreed LC2 salary scales in the range from £4,950 to £6,950, depending on experience and qualifications.
Responsibilities will include acting as the Council’s Financial Officer, organising meetings, taking and producing minutes, liaising with outside bodies, researching and advising on procedures and other issues and actioning the Council’s decisions.
Full training will be given with a handover period if required.
For further details, including the job specification, anyone interested in this position should contact the current Parish Clerk at stdaypc@gmail.com or call 01209 821829
The closing date for applications is 31st May, 2018.