Early drilling indicate opportunity for geothermal heating in Budapest, Hungary

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Early drilling indicate opportunity for geothermal heating in Budapest, Hungary

By District Energy posted 12-19-2018 10:47

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Alexander Richter, Think Geoenergy

Summary

Early exploration work with two wells drilled in Budapest, the Capital of Hungary, indicate the opportunity for development of geothermal district heating.

We have been reporting on geothermal development for heating purposes in Hungary over the years, but most of that development was focused outside the capital area of Budapest.

Now it is reported that efforts to explore the option for geothermal heating in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, have been successful. As reported by Arpad Lorberer on his LinkedIn page, “Two geothermal wells just created reached the hot aquifer at a depth of around 1,300 meters. The first well, designed as a pumping well provided water of about ~around 72 degrees Celsius, and yielded more than 1,300 liters/minute (preliminary data before acid-treating, around 22 l/ second). The second, re-injection well just reached a huge karst cavern at the depth of about 1,250 meters last week.