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The Polish National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management currently uses only around 30 percent of its potential for geothermal heating projects. As a result, the fund’s deputy president, Dominik Bak, announced that it is making some improvements by funding local initiatives.
This geothermal heating projects funding effort is being co-financed by the National Fund. To start, it will involve 7 municipalities as they conduct their initial research drilling. This will allow these regions to determine if there is geothermal water for energy production and, if so, what its potential may be.
Bak has determined that since 2016 the potential of the projects that have already started have significant potential. He went on to explain that geothermal heating plants come with a nearly 60 MW (thermal) opportunity. This means that they provide the equivalent to about twenty to thirty medium sized wind farms.
From the Global Geothermal News archives:
- Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - Poland: Tender Issued for Exploration for Geothermal Heat and Power Project in Szaflary
- Friday, August 24, 2018 - Poland: Update on Geothermal District Heating Projects
- Monday, April 9, 2018 - Poland: Sieradzu Geothermal District Heating Project Advances
- Monday, December 11, 2017 - Poland: Four Possible Geothermal District Heating Projects Identified
