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DIRECT USES
 
 
Total thermal installed capacity in MWt:
281.1
Direct use in TJ/year
1,501.1
Direct use in GWh/year
417
Capacity factor
0.17
 

Poland is characterized by low-enthalpy geothermal resources found mostly in the Mesozoic sedimentary formations. For many centuries warm springs have been used for balneotherapy in several spas. At present five geothermal heating plants are in operation, the largest in the Podhale region in southern Poland with an installed capcity of 41 MW and producing 267 TJ/yr (peak). Seven new bathing centers opened in the past five years.

Other types of geothermal use include greenhouse heating, wood drying, fish farming (these three are at the Podhale Geothermal Laboratory as R&D projects), and salt extraction from geothermal water.

Geothermal heat pumps installations have increased by at least 50% over the past five years with three large units in two major heating plants (water-source units), and over 11,000 units in individual buildings (ground-coupled units, both vertical and horizontal).

The various uses include:

district heating of 68.0 MWt and 393 TJ/yr;
greenhouse heating 0.5 MWt and 2.0 TJ/yr;
fish farming 0.5 MWt and 2.0 TJ/yr;
bathing and swimming 8.67 MWt and 55.2 TJ/yr;
geothermal heat pumps at 203.10 MWt and 1,044.5 TJ/yr;
others (salt extraction and playground heating) 0.28 MWt and 4.4 TJ/yr;

for a total of 281.05 MWt and 1,501.1 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