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No geothermal power installations have been reported for Macedonia

 

 

 

The use of geothermal waters in the country is from seven projects and six spas; however, there has been little change since WGC2005. All were completed before and during the 1980s.

The majority of the geothermal energy use is for district heating followed by greenhouse heating. No figures were given for spa heating, thus these numbers are estimated. Greenhouses are located in Istibanja (6 ha), Kocani (18 ha), and Smokvica (22.5 ha). In addition, space and district heating is carried out in Bansko and Kocani and spas in Katlanovo, Kezovica and Bansko. There is renewed interest in revitalizing the Strumica project at Bansko, mainly consisting of greenhouses.

The energy use for the various applications are:

0.84 MWt and 6.60 TJ/yr for individual space heating;
42.55 MWt and 518.37 TJ/yr for district heating;
2.79 MWt and 61.14 TJ/yr for greenhouse heating;
balneology and hot water heating is recorded from WGC2005 by the same authors at 1.0 MWt and 15.3 TJ/yr.

The total for the country is 47.18 MWt and 601.41 TJ/yr
 

Taken from the paper by John W. Lund, Derek H. Freeston, and Tonya L. Boyd: "Direct Utilization of Geothermal Energy 2010 Worldwide Review"; published in Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress 2010, Bali, Indonesia, 25-29 April 2010