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8th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency - Budapest, Hungary
7th November, 2008
Geothermal markets in Hungary and CEE Countries
by Gábor SZITA. Hungary
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Introduction
8th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency - Budapest, Hungary
7th November, 2008

• Mechanical engineer
• Managing director of Porció Company Ltd.
• 23 years experience in geothermal business
• President of the Hungarian Geothermal Association
• Members of European Geothermal Energy Council

Gábor Szita
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Geothermal potential and energy market
8th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency - Budapest, Hungary
7th November, 2008

• The most recent data for Hungary
• (Hungarian Geological Survey, 2004)
• Annual energy supplied by Earths heat flow
• (dynamic resources) 264 PJ/year
• Accumulated energy in rocks and liquid
• (static resources)
• 343.000 PJ

Heat market gt Annual potential
24 312x Annual primary energy consumption
1100 PJ
Increasing the use of geothermal energy is
possible in geological terms, and exploitation
may be raised even by one magnitude in a
sustainable way
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Thermal water resources
8th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency - Budapest, Hungary
7th November, 2008
Utilisation is practically obligation.
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History and characters of utilisation
8th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency - Budapest, Hungary
7th November, 2008
Development curve

• Using waters below 100oC
• No electricity production yet
• Water quality from drinking water to the half of
  salinity of see water
• No hazardous components in the waters
• Corrosion and scaling problems (in some cases)

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Existing geothermal systems in the Carpathian
basin
8th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency - Budapest, Hungary
7th November, 2008

• Geothermal wells in Hungary

• Horticultures in Hungary (30 of total area
  of cultivation)
• District heating networks in Hungary
  (in 14 cities untill 2000)

• Horticultures abroad
• District heating networks abroad

We are not beginners.
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Problems
8th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency - Budapest, Hungary
7th November, 2008

• What to do with the cooled down geothermal waters?

Inheritable practise from the previous decades
Waters are streamed into surface recipients.
New regulation Pollution for the surface
waters!
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Good practice
8th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency - Budapest, Hungary
7th November, 2008

• Hungary joined the EU in 2004
• New impetus to renewables
• Carefully set up support program aiming at
  reduction of GHG emission and dependency on
  fossil fuels

New geothermal district heating networks in
small cities Project in operation 1
Veresegyház 2 Kistelek 3 Bóly Projects under
construction 4 Mórahalom 5 Gárdony

• Strengths and weaknesses only strengths
• Global level aim GHG reduction
• EU level aim import gas reduction
• Local level aim Hope to the people

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Summary
8th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency - Budapest, Hungary
7th November, 2008

• Harnessing of geothermal potential can be raised
  even by one magnitude
• A chance for existing users has to be given by
  support to survive
• Nothing to do with the good practice
• (reduce administration in order to speed up)

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8th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency - Budapest, Hungary
7th November, 2008

• THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
• Hungarian Geothermal Association
• Address 1012 Budapest, Mátray u. 8/b. HUNGARY
• Tel [phone], fax [phone]
• E-mail info_at_mgte.hu, szitag_at_mgte.hu
• http//www.mgte.hu