Highland Geodrill Solutions was formed to service the rapidly expanding Ground Source Heat Pump industry in Scotland and the UK, and to act as a drilling contractor for the installation of geothermal boreholes and vertical ground loops.

The use of Geothermal Energy is not new; in fact it has been used in various forms for hundreds of years. It is, however, only in recent times with technological advances that the energy has come to be harnessed in reliable and cost effective manner. This places Geothermal Energy amongst the most widely used renewable energy sources worldwide, including Biomass fuels and Solar power. Heightened public awareness of renewable and sustainable energy sources has helped promote the facts of what they represent to our future – a safe, reliable, low impact and extremely cost effective alternative to the use of fossil fuels.

Installing a Geothermal Heat Pump is a proven way to save energy and money – in some cases savings of up to 70% can be achieved compared with traditional heating costs. Unlike other heating systems that convert fuel to heat, a heat pump is designed to simply move heat from one location (underground) to another. Regardless of outdoor air temperature, you will be provided with a constant heat source all year round, as the subsurface temperature of the earth remains constant even in winter.

A typical geothermal system will last a lifetime with the minimum of maintenance due to the simple design and robust components used.

Typically any properly maintained geothermal system has a life span in excess of 30 years. One of the main contributing factors to this is the fact that the stable heat source helps avoid thermal stresses to the compressor located within the heat pump itself.

Those who can benefit from GSHP technology are numerous. It has the capacity to make a significant contribution towards renewable heat generation in the UK as currently, it is a massively under-utilised resource. In the domestic sector alone, 80% of household energy usage goes towards space and water heating. Residential homes, offices, schools, health centres, garden centres are to name but a few. The overall process of installation remains largely unchanged, whether a 3 bedroom home in Inverness or the new Welsh Assembly building – only the heat pump size and therefore length of ground loop will change, making heat pumps extremely accessible for domestic through to large scale commercial projects.