The Present State of Geothermal Energy Utilization in Russia

Abstract

At the end of 1994, geothermal energy was used in Russia mostly space and district heating and for industrial and agricultural purpose s. towns and eight big settlements with total population of about 220,000 used geothermal district heating systems. The total area of heated greenhouses was about 340,000 Electric energy generated at geothermal power stations remains negligible: the installed capacity of the only operating Pauzhetskaya station (Kamchatka) 11 MW,. Another plant at the Mutnovsky geothermal field is currently under construction and is expected to have 80 MW, installed by 413,000 tons steam and 38 of water with temperature are extracted from the Earth per year. The proven geothermal resources in Russia provide hope for significant increase in the Utilization of the Earth's deep heat and a significant contribution to power budget in the near future.