Geothermal Field in Dojran, Macedonia: Perspective Energy Source for Local Economy Development

Abstract

New possibilities offered by the recent technological development in RES use and measures, accepted by most European governments, for support of their development, open challenging possibilities for sustainable development of smaller poor rural communities in the Mediterranean region. As illustration, the case of a small region at the South East part of Macedonia is presented, where such an approach allows composition of a specific development strategy based on introduction of geothermal and solar energy, which enables significant independency in energy supply, development of several traditional production sectors (agriculture and food processing plants), introduction of new ones (tourism) and, in that way, full employment and prospective future for inhabitants in an economically feasible way.