EGS projects in Croatia and France receive EU funding
European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium (source: flickr/ Francisco Antunes, creative commons)
Francisco Rojas
9 Jul 2014
Two project based on EGS have received EU funding, one in Croatia, will generate 3.1 MWe from a Organic Rankine Cycle and the French project aims to produce 6.7 MWe electricity near Strasbourg.
As reported by the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC), two projects have received funding in Croatia and France:
Croatia – Geothermae
The project concerns the production of electricity and heat from a geothermal aquifer and its associated natural gas. The project, in Draskovec, close to the city of Prelog in Croatia, will generate 3.1 MWe from geothermal hot brine using an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC).
France – GEOSTRAS
The French-German cross border project aims to produce electricity and heat from a high temperature geothermal resource near Strasbourg. It involves creating a circulation loop several kilometres long at a depth of between 4 km and 5 km that will function as a semi-open underground heat exchanger. The proposed geothermal plant is expected to produce 6.7 MWe electricity and 34.7 MWth heat.
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More on NER 300 and EGEC’s support for its members on this issue can be found here.
Source: EGEC Website
