A brand new geothermal district heating system has been accomplished within the Sziler district of Szeged, Hungary.
The geothermal heating capability of the town of Szeged in Hungary has been additional expanded with the completion of a brand new geothermal heating system within the Sziler district. The venture displaces greater than 2.2 million cubic meters of pure gasoline, lowering the greenhouse gasoline load of Szeged by 4,482 tons of CO2 yearly.
The completion of the venture was introduced by the Hungarian Ministry of Building and Transport.
The venture required a funds of HUF 2.354 billion (approx. EUR 6 million). The EU supported this with a HUF 1.108 billion non-refundable grant that was awarded to venture investor Geo Höterm Kft. The geothermal system entailed the drilling of 2000-meter manufacturing effectively and two barely shallower injection wells. Water from the manufacturing effectively handed by way of a warmth exchanger, with the secondary fluid going to the Felsovaros I heating plant. The brand new heating system may serve different heating districts although current transmission strains.
The brand new venture within the Sziler district additional expands the geothermal district heating of Szeged – one of many largest district heating methods in Europe and second solely to Reykjavik. Town at present provides geothermal het to 23 heating districts, serving 27,251 residences and 469 establishments. Szegedi Távfutö Kft, the operator of the town’s heating system, used to burn 27 million cubic meters of gasoline leading to 550,000 tons of CO2 emissions yearly, making it the most important supply of air air pollution within the metropolis.
We first reported on the bold geothermal district heating plans of Szeged again in 2019. By 2022, residents of Szeged had already began benefiting from decrease heating payments as a direct results of the geothermal district heating venture that has been described as a blueprint for different European cities.
Supply: Mernokvagyok.hu
