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![Breaking ground ceremony. L to R: Sami Massum (BGS), David Boon (BGS), Councillor Rob Inglis, Michelle Bentham, (BGS), Mark Thorpe (Pick Everard), Ross Goodband (Pick Everard), Ruth Edwards MP, Daniel Crow (BGS), Gershwyn Soanes (BGS), Andrew McConnochie (BGS), Mike Potter (NERC), James Howell (NERC) and Edward Leddy-Owen. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/P1039076.webp)
Local MP helps BGS launch a ‘living laboratory’
BGS is implementing a low-carbon heating system to help meet its net zero targets and provide data to the public.
![Map section of CO2Stored, which shows CO2 Storage units offshore UK. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CO2Stored_Units_Update_Thumbnail.jpg)
BGS adds more than 60 new carbon dioxide storage units to its national carbon dioxide storage database
BGS has delivered its first major update of the national carbon dioxide storage database, CO2 Stored.
![Geothermal evidence report, titled ‘Evidence report supporting the deep geothermal energy White Paper: the case for deep geothermal energy – unlocking investment at scale in the UK.’ BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/evidence-report-deep-thermal-energy.webp)
Evidence report on deep geothermal energy opportunities in the UK released
BGS has published a detailed evidence report that underpins a deep geothermal White Paper.
![Contains OS data © Crown Copyright and database right 2020](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GeoIndex_NSTA.jpg)
A new open dataset to benefit onshore geoscience research
Data from deep onshore hydrocarbon wells is being released on an open access basis to help meet the UK’s net zero targets.
![Cars parked in a car park beneath open-sided structures (car ports) with roofs covered in solar panels. The sky is bright, with big fluffy clouds.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/carport1-1-960x640.jpg)
NERC recognised by the Carbon Trust for its step towards net zero
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has achieved the ‘taking action’ tier of the Carbon Trust’s Route to Net Zero Standard.
![UK Geoenergy Observatories at Cuningar Loop](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/UKgeos_open_events_web.jpg)
UK Geoenergy Observatories — open events in Glasgow
You are invited to visit the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow, to find out more about what the facility can offer you as a potential user.
![A bearded man in dark clothing, a hi-vis vest and blue latex gloves kneels on the ground in front of a fence. He is surrounded by sample pots containing liquids, an oil can, bottles, electrical wires and plastic boxes. He is dipping a sensor into one pot of liquid and looking at an electronic device in his hand.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/P1025886-960x640.jpg)
UK Geoenergy Observatories: time zero for net zero
The BGS-led UK Geoenergy Observatories project is shining a light on the subsurface’s potential to provide geothermal energy.
![KD2 Pro thermal properties sensor. BGS © UKRI](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/P994166-960x641.jpg)
BGS joins European Geothermal Congress to highlight UK’s geothermal potential
The European Geothermal Congress will discuss how the geothermal sector can help with the energy crisis.