Need for co-operation in geothermal energy in the Danube Region – an outlook and way

forward

Annamária NádorGeological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary

TRANSENERGY Final Conference, June 24, 2013, Vienna

TRANSENERGY outcomes as best practices

TRANSENEGY

Hungary

Slovakia

Croatia

Way of thinking and established methodologies – „a new country”

Identify stakeholders → understand their needs → „translate”policy related / manegement questions to scientific ones

Find the best way to provide appropriate answers: integrated geoscientific models (geological, hydrogeological, geothermal)

Feed the models with uniform (harmonized) data input

Slovenia

Austria

Find the right partners: National Geological Surveys as governmental organizations have:

Most complete national databasesExpertise to provide impartial assessments

Lessons learned in TRANSENERGY should be expanded to Europe/ Danube Region

Why? The geothermal potential of the Danube Region is outstanding, ambitious NREAP targets

2 km

3 km 4 km

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  Geothermal energy in NREAP (PJ)

Country 2010 2020Austria 0,803 1,682Bulgaria 0,042 0,377Czech Republic 0,000 0,694Germany 1,521 34,676Hungary 4,229 16,423Romania 1,047 3,349Slovenia 0,754 0,837Slovakia 0,126 3,876

Source of temperature maps: Geoelec project

Why? Transboundary issues

Geothermal reservoirs do not stop at state borders: harmonized management strategies between the neighbouring countries are essential to guarantee sustainable production and reach environmental goals

Next steps and way forward

Official project closure: September 30, 2013 Final reports and Strategy Paper → distribution to stakeholders Training on the use of the web-portal (national events, September)

Vision: Geothermal information platform as a basis of joint understanding and evalution of resources

Synergies with other ongoing / planned projects: Geothermal ERANET, GeoMOL, Geo-DH, etc

Anna Katharina Brüstle Bernhard Atzenhofer Christine HörfarterFatime Zekiri Gerhard Schubert Gregor GötzlJulia Weilbold Magdalena Bottig Rudolf Berka Stefan HoyerThomas Hofmann

Andrej Lapanje Barbara SimićBogomir Jelen Dejan ŠramDušan RajverHelena Rifelj Igor Rižnar Joerg PrestorKatarina HribernikMartin PodbojMirka Trajanova Mitja JanžaMitja PožarNina MaliNina Rman Simon MozetičŠpela Kumelj Štefanija ŠtefanecTadej Fuks

Alexander Nagy Anton RemšíkBalazs KronomeDaniel MarcinDušan BodišErika KováčováFrantišek BottlikIgor SlaninkaIvan Baráth Jaromír ŠvastaJozef KordíkJuraj Maglay Juraj MichalkoKatarína BenkováKlement Fordinál Miloš GregorPavel VeisPeter MalíkRadovan ČernákSlavomír MikitaZuzana Grolmusová

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