The Government of Slovenia has awarded a concession for geothermal exploration in the municipality of Lendava to Verde Energy. Slovenia doesn’t yet use geothermal energy for electricity production. It is the first concession awarded for geothermal energy, marking an important step toward decarbonizing the Pomurje region, according to the Government of Slovenia. Lendava is also […]
The Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency’s exploratory activities at a preliminary exploration site in Velika Gorica have confirmed significant geothermal potential. The output from this single geothermal well could meet nearly 60% of the thermal energy needs of the city’s district heating system, the agency said. The recorded reservoir temperature exceeds 100 degrees Celsius, and the well’s […]
Turkey’s Sanko Holding has discovered the country’s hottest geothermal well with access to a geothermal source, with temperatures reaching 308 degrees Celsius, according to an announcement from JESDER, the Turkish association of geothermal power plant developers. “After a difficult and determined search, we learned with great pride that the hottest geothermal production well […] in […]
Germany is increasingly looking into geothermal energy storage as a way of decarbonizing its heating sector. The technology allows storing heated water in underground caverns and using it for warming homes and public and private buildings during winter, according to a report by Clean Energy Wire. This thermal energy storage system, called Geotes, promises “the […]