TownRock had the pleasure of taking part in the live-streamed discussion panel ‘Green Heat: a tracking transition event’ this March in Glasgow. The event was organised by Energy Voice, a leading energy news platform, and Scottish Enterprise, and brought together a panel of experts to discuss the fast-growing renewable heat market in Scotland. Our CEO David Townsend shared his insights alongside Jonathan Prescott from Mitsubishi Electric, Paul Steen from Vattenfall,…

Pumping test set-up for a hard-ground borehole. Townrock has expanded its services with the addition of Thermal Response Tests (TRT) and pumping tests. These techniques give us another great tool for analysing geothermal heating technology options, as part of our Prove phase of project development.   Pumping tests measure the response of a borehole to pumping, and measure the associated drawdown of the water column. This allows us to determine the…

Awards given to the four winners at the UK Geothermal Symposium November 2022 saw the UK’s 9th Geothermal Symposium in the Geological Society, Piccadilly, London. The first UKGS to be stretched across two days, the event was buzzing with the heightened number of projects and companies growing across the community. Members of Parliament, the UK Geothermal community and investment groups were in greater attendance than ever before. As part of…

TownRock is now officially accredited as a Real Living Wage employer! A Living Wage employer ensures that all employees are paid at least the living wage. The employer also agrees to increasing the amount which it pays its employees by the same amount as any increase in the living wage within a six-month window of the official announcement. The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate that is…

Photo Credit: Vartika Kashyap New Starters Early 2022 saw the TownRock team grow to quadruple what it was just 6 months before and over the course of the year working closely together has delivered our most successful year to date with triple turnover compared to previous year, and x10 turnover of the year before. The fortunes of this and securing some more significant private contracts and R&D project funding, have…

TownRock is delighted to have been named Most Innovative Geothermal Consultancy at the Scottish Enterprise Awards 2021. The awards celebrate the very best of Scotland's 300,000 small and medium-sized businesses. It was especially gratifying for TownRock that its efforts to take action on #theclimateemergency were recognised in the same year as Glasgow hosted COP26. Awards Coordinator Dean Taylor, offering his congratulations to all the nominees and winnners, said: “It is…