Utilization of Geothermal Energy in the USSR
- Key words
- Country Update; Exploration; Direct Use; Power Generation; USSR
- Location
- USSR; Russia
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1990
- Session
- Geothermal overviews; Direct use
- Language
- English
Abstract
At present geothermal energy is utilized in the USSR mostly for district heating, and for industrial and agricultural purposes. The populations of 7 towns have district heating that is supplied by thermal waters. The population supplied totals about 125,000 people. The total area of greenhouses is 850,000 m2. Electric energy generated at geothermal power stations still remains negligible with the installed capacity of the single Pauzhetka station (Kmachatka) being 11 MW. Another station at Mutnovka is currently under construction and is expected to be producing 50 MW by 1992 and 200 MW by 1998. The proven geothermal resources in the USSR provide hope for a significant increase in the utilization of the earth's deep heat in the near future.
Copyright 1990, Geothermal Resources Council. Readers who download papers from this site should honour the copyright of the original authors, and may not copy or distribute the work further without the permission of the original publisher.