An upcoming venture will recuperate mine water warmth from the Myslowice–Wesola coal mine in Katowice, Poland for provide to a district heating community.
An settlement has been signed between Polska Grupa Górnicza SA (PGG) and Dalkia Polska Energia SA (Dalkia) to assemble a mine water warmth restoration set up on the Myslowice – Wesola Coal Mine in Katowice, Poland. The two-MW set up will allow the usage of geothermal warmth from the mine’s underground waters and provide this warmth to Dalkia’s heating system, offering vitality financial savings of 5260 MWh and decreasing CO2 emissions by 1319 tonnes per yr.
In keeping with the signed settlement, each events set up the fundamental instructions and a plan of cooperation relating to the development of a low-temperature geothermal vitality set up within the mine. The venture is predicted to be accomplished by the third quarter of 2026.
The warmth pump set up will likely be situated in a constructing on the premises leased from the Myslowice-Wesola Mine. This location was chosen resulting from its proximity to each the underground water pipelines and the heating community, in addition to having the area for the development of the set up.
The system will extract water at 25 °C from a depth of 655 meters. A working medium will take in the warmth from the mine water, which can then undergo a warmth pump to extend its temperature and strain.
“PGG’s actions are guided by the concept of company social duty, therefore the conclusion of cooperation, which is a pioneering resolution within the firm’s constructions. Sharing our assets on this approach is in step with the implementation of the assumptions of the European inexperienced transformation and is essential for our firm, due to which we may considerably scale back the demand for vitality, which must be generated from different sources,” stated Marek Skuza, Vice President of PGG.
“The development of this set up within the Myslowice-Wesola mine is in step with Dalkia Polska Energia’s technique, which goals to scale back emissions and section out coal in warmth manufacturing by 2029. Essentially the most ecological vitality is the one that’s not wasted, which is why the usage of waste warmth or warmth from renewable sources ought to develop into an increasing number of frequent. Our firm desires to advertise and use this resolution to have the ability to present its clients with warmth with the bottom attainable carbon footprint,” added Konrad Borowski, President of Dalkia.
An identical mine water heating scheme is operational at Gateshead, UK, which is presently one of many largest mine water warmth networks in Europe.
Supply: E-Magazyny
