Plans lodged for green technologies research centre

Plans have been lodged for a new research centre for developing green technologies on the site of a former Cornwall landfill.The team behind proposals for the deep geothermal rum maturation and distillery project have designed a separate ‘Celsius – Sustainable Distillery Research Centre’ at the former United Downs landfill site, adjacent to where Geothermal Energy Ltd will be producing zero carbon, renewable power in 2022.Waste heat will be piped from the geothermal energy plant directly into the Celsius centre, where technology developed by Cornish Geothermal Distillery Company and engineering company Buro Happold will boost its temperature using innovative heat pump technology. This will operate a copper still for distilling rum and a small facility to mature rum in casks.The research and development project has already secured funding from Round 1 of the UK Government’s Green Distilleries Competition and is targeting further support from Round 2.An outline planning application has been submitted to Cornwall Council by the Cornwall Geothermal Distillery CompanyThe ‘Celsius – Sustainable Distillery Research Centre’ is a separate scheme from CGDC’s pioneering Rum Cask Maturation Facility designed for another Cornwall Council-owned site nearby. Outline plans for this scheme await consideration by Cornwall Planners.