{"id":18513,"date":"2024-04-30T03:13:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T03:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energybuzz.ph\/staging\/6915\/hungary-publishes-national-strategy-to-double-geothermal-output-by-2030\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T03:13:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T03:13:45","slug":"hungary-publishes-national-strategy-to-double-geothermal-output-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energybuzz.ph\/staging\/6915\/hungary-publishes-national-strategy-to-double-geothermal-output-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungary publishes national strategy to double geothermal output by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Government of Hungary, thru the Ministry of Energy, has recently published a National Geothermal Strategy that outlines a path for the greater utilization of geothermal energy while setting out the framework for the use of state resources to support the agenda.<\/p>\n

The full National Geothermal Strategy document can be accessed via this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The potential for geothermal in Hungary<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Hungary currently has an annual geothermal production (including balneological use) reaching 9.0 PJ with an installed capacity of 1.02 GWt, more than 99% of which is used as thermal energy. About 6.4 PJ is used for energy. Geothermal accounts for 6.5% of the country\u2019s gross heat production and is available in 11 settlements. There is currently only one geothermal power facility in Tura with an installed capacity of 2.7 MWe and 7.0 MWth.<\/p>\n

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Sz\u00e9chenyi Medicinal Bath in Budapest, Hungary (source: flickr\/ Alex E. Proimos, creative commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Based on the available data, there is a theoretical maximum of geothermal energy of 55-60 PJ that can be extracted annually, and an additional potential of 130 PJ from underground storage. An important factor for the favorable geothermal setting of Hungary is the Carpathian Basin, composed of a sandy clay sedimentary series and deeper limestones and dolomites.<\/p>\n

Another advantage of Hungary is that has a large body of subsurface research data coming from around 9000 boreholes drilled for hydrocarbon mining, 2D and 3D seismic data, nearly 4000 magnetotelluric soundings, the 1700 thermal wells that have been documented in detail, including water chemistry parameters.<\/p>\n

Objectives of the strategy<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The national strategy sets about the goals of increasing the domestic use of geothermal energy by 20% (compared to the based value of 6.4 PJ) to 8 PJ by 2026, and to double the output to 12-13 PJ by 2030. The strategy also aims to expand the utilization of geothermal energy such that investments contribute to increasing economic competitiveness, provide benefits to the national economy, and stimulate domestic industries.<\/p>\n

By 2035, the share of geothermal energy in the total heat production is targeted to be at 25 to 30%. In addition to deep geothermal energy, boosting shallow geothermal energy can contribute significantly to the attainment of these goals, especially if the energy needed to operate heat pumps is also produced from renewable sources.<\/p>\n

The strategy identifies four district avenues for growth of the Hungarian geothermal sector:<\/p>\n