Belgrade, Serbia to take a position on exploration for geothermal heating in Batajnica

Presentation of research outcomes on the potential for geothermal heating in Belgrade, Serbia (supply: Beogradske Elektrane)

The general public utility firm Beogradska Elektrana is now planning to take a position on the drilling of a analysis and exploratory properly to guage the feasibility of supplying geothermal power to its geothermal heating plant in Batajnica.

This determination comes after the presentation of the outcomes of a research executed by the School of Mining and Geology that recognized three high-potential websites for geothermal heating – Batajnica, Borca, and Dunav. Every of those areas has the potential to help between 5 to twenty MW of heating capability. The heating vegetation recognized on this research align with the outcomes of an identical research executed in 2023, though the newer research proposes a shorter listing of potential websites for improvement.

The research was executed primarily based on geological information collected via analysis, evaluation of archival supplies, and recorded information of working parameters of the heating vegetation.

Through the dialogue, it was concluded that the exploitation of geothermal power on the Batajnica heating plant has the potential to substitute greater than 90% of the annual quantity of fossil fuel-based power generated on this heating plant. Thus, Vanja Vukic, Director of Beogradska Elektrana, said that the corporate now plans to take a position on exploratory drilling to verify the predicated parameters for geothermal heating capability.

The plan is for the drilling of the exploration properly to start out this 12 months, with the goal of using warmth from the properly for the 2025/2026 heating season.

Serbia at present has a single operation geothermal heating plant in Bogatic, which began building in 2018 and have become operational a 12 months after.

Supply: Beogradske Elektrane