Geological Analysis and Assessment of Geothermal Energy Resources in Selected Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian Reservoirs in the Polish Lowlands.

Abstract

From the early 1980-ties several tens of research projects, publications and scientific reports have been undertaken in order to assess geothermal potential of the Mesozoic sedimentary cover in Poland.
This paper presents the results of the studies and analyses carried out recently at the Department of Fossil Fuels of the University of Science and Technology, evaluating the geothermal resources of the Palaeozoic aquifers and possibility of its utilization. The Research project covers majority of the area of Poland and focuses mainly on the regional-scale assessment. Geological recognition of sedimentary formations in the Polish Lowlands from the point of view of their geothermal potential has evidenced possible utilization of geothermal resources in water-bearing sediments of the Palaeozoic cover of the Devonian through Permian age.
Identification of geothermal conditions in the Palaeozoic rocks represents important complement of the knowledge of domestic geothermal energy resources in the Polish Lowlands.