William Nibbs
w.nibbs.1@research.gla.ac.uk
Research title: Urban planning of thermal energy storage systems in subsurface common pool resources: Assessing externalities and quantifying uncertainties
Research Summary
Quantifing uncertainty in Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) systems for sustainable subsurface governance.
Publications
2025
Nibbs, William, Watson, Sean M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2218-9188, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031 and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X
(2025)
Repurposing onshore hydrocarbon wells as deep borehole heat exchangers: a comprehensive modelling study for the UK.
Applied Thermal Engineering,
(doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.129530)
(In Press)
Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Nibbs, William and Harrison, Bob
(2025)
Putting the Potential of Deep Borehole Heat Exchangers into Perspective: a Gas Well Repurposing Case Study, Onshore in the UK.
In: 50th Stanford Geothermal Workshop, Stanford, CA, USA, 10-12 February 2025,
2024
Muhammad, Tiorafi, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Nibbs, William and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X
(2024)
Investigating the Potential for a 6 km Deep Borehole Heat Exchanger to Supply Heat and Power in Glasgow.
11th UK Geothermal Symposium, London, UK, 11-13 Nov 2024.
(Accepted for Publication)
Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Nibbs, William, Cai, Wanlong, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X, Nagel, Thomas and Chen, Chaofan
(2024)
A comprehensive review of deep borehole heat exchangers (DBHEs): subsurface modelling studies and applications.
Geothermal Energy,
(doi: 10.1186/s40517-024-00297-3)
2023
Nibbs, William, Westaway, Robert and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X
(2023)
Repurposing Hydrocarbon Wells for Geothermally-heated Horticulture in the UK.
In: European Geothermal Congress 2022, Berlin, Germany, 17-21 October 2022,
ISBN 9782960194623
Nibbs, William, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Watson, Sean ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2218-9188 and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X
(2023)
Repurposing Onshore Wells for Geothermal Use in the United Kingdom: Application as
Deep Borehole Heat Exchangers.
In: World Geothermal Congress 2023, Beijing, China, 4-6 Sept 2023,
Articles
Nibbs, William, Watson, Sean M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2218-9188, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031 and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X
(2025)
Repurposing onshore hydrocarbon wells as deep borehole heat exchangers: a comprehensive modelling study for the UK.
Applied Thermal Engineering,
(doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.129530)
(In Press)
Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Nibbs, William, Cai, Wanlong, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X, Nagel, Thomas and Chen, Chaofan
(2024)
A comprehensive review of deep borehole heat exchangers (DBHEs): subsurface modelling studies and applications.
Geothermal Energy,
(doi: 10.1186/s40517-024-00297-3)
Conference or Workshop Item
Muhammad, Tiorafi, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Nibbs, William and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X
(2024)
Investigating the Potential for a 6 km Deep Borehole Heat Exchanger to Supply Heat and Power in Glasgow.
11th UK Geothermal Symposium, London, UK, 11-13 Nov 2024.
(Accepted for Publication)
Conference Proceedings
Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Nibbs, William and Harrison, Bob
(2025)
Putting the Potential of Deep Borehole Heat Exchangers into Perspective: a Gas Well Repurposing Case Study, Onshore in the UK.
In: 50th Stanford Geothermal Workshop, Stanford, CA, USA, 10-12 February 2025,
Nibbs, William, Westaway, Robert and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X
(2023)
Repurposing Hydrocarbon Wells for Geothermally-heated Horticulture in the UK.
In: European Geothermal Congress 2022, Berlin, Germany, 17-21 October 2022,
ISBN 9782960194623
Nibbs, William, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Watson, Sean ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2218-9188 and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X
(2023)
Repurposing Onshore Wells for Geothermal Use in the United Kingdom: Application as
Deep Borehole Heat Exchangers.
In: World Geothermal Congress 2023, Beijing, China, 4-6 Sept 2023,
