Szczecin. They want to check if the city can use geothermal sources

On one of the Szczecin plots, it is planned to make an almost two-kilometer search and reconnaissance well, which will determine whether the city will be able to include geothermal water in the municipal heating system.

On the plot at Dąbska Street in Szczecin, which is partly used as the “Dąbska” Coal Plac, it is planned to make a borehole of thermal waters.

Anna Folkman, spokeswoman for the waste disposal plant in Szczecin, reported that the total area of ​​the indicated plot has about 1.42 hectares, with the work will be carried out within the limits of the designated area covering an area of ​​about one hectare.

– The design provides for a vertical hole to a depth of about 1950 meters, to drill about 30 meters of upper trias. Based on the analyzed materials, the results of hydrogeological tests, obtaining from the hole, thermal water with a capacity of 200 cubic meters per hour and a temperature of about 70-75 degrees Celsius – explained Folkman.

According to available data, the value of the heat stream in the area of ​​Szczecin is about 90-100 megawatts per square meter, which is one of the largest values ​​of this parameter in Poland.

The trial well will allow you to estimate costs and profitability

The project “Making the search and reconnaissance hole of thermal waters Szczecin GT-2 in Szczecin” was entered in the multi-annual Program for the Development of Szczecin for 2025-2029. The whole will cost almost PLN 16 million. The City of Szczecin commune obtained funding, in the amount of almost PLN 13 million, from the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, as part of the “Thermal waters in Poland” program.

– Thanks to this, the first trial well is possible, which will ultimately assess the costs of the entire investment, its profitability and actual water parameters. The planned location of the geothermal source near the existing heating plant allows you to optimally include it in the municipal heating system – said ZUO spokesperson. – Only after the geothermal opening and the development of hydrological documentation will it be possible to determine the real efficiency of the source and its participation in the heating system of Szczecin – she added.

The municipal company is preparing to announce the proceedings that will select the contractor for supervision and geological supervision services. The works are to last up to ten months from the signing of the contract. The next six months is to take up the development of hydrogeological documentation.

Geothermal energy

Geothermal waters are underground sources, heated by the heat of the Earth, one of the renewable energy sources. A significant part of Poland has very good conditions for this, due to the three geothermal provinces: central European, pre -Carpathian and Carpathian provinces. The main way to reach water is to use wells.

The advantages of this type of source are, among others: lack of harm to the environment, availability regardless of weather conditions or the lack of influence on the appearance of the environment.

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