Geothermal Energy Use, Country Update for Serbia

Abstract

The territory of Serbia has favourable geothermal characteristics. There are more than eighty hydrogeothermal systems within four geothermal provinces. According to the recent data in Serbia in 2018 479.48 GWth was produced from geothermal sources with total capacity 115.30 MWth, where 444.93 GWth was in geothermal direct use with thermal capacity 99.70 MWth, and 34.56 GWth from shallow geothermal systems using heat pumps of total capacity 15.60 MWth. The commonest use of geothermal energy in Serbia is the traditional ones: balneology and recreation. In Serbia nowadays at over 50 locations the thermal water is being used for balneology, sport and recreation, while the district heating systems based on geothermal energy are rather rare. There is a growing interest in using the geothermal energy from shallow systems using heat pumps since these systems are less expensive and more secure comparing to deep hydrogeothermal systems.