Geothermal energy

Iceland is volcanically active. Groundwater is heated, often to very high temperatures, and with careful management can be used to heat houses and generate electricity. As you can imagine the use of this sustainable resource featured prominently in a lot of field work undertaken by visiting students over these last few weeks. A couple of days ago students from three schools in western England sampled at first hand this geothermal energy. On a rather cold day they were able to bathe in a hot river at a very comfortable 40 degrees Celsius. Geography had never been so interesting!