Geothermal heating plant in Torun, Poland officially opens
Torun, Poland (source: flickr/ kishjar, creative commons)
Carlo Cariaga
13 Oct 2022
The geothermal heating plant operated by Geotermia Torun has been officially inaugurated and will now supply heat to the city heating network of Torun, Poland.
The geothermal heating plant in the City of Torun in Poland has officially been inaugurated in an opening ceremony coinciding with a conference on “Poland’s energy security” at the Higher School of Social and Media Culture (AKSiM). The plant, operated by Geotermia Torun, draws water at 60 degrees Celsius from which heat is extracted by heat exchangers to be distributed to the city’s heating network.
The opening ceremony attended by the Minister of State Assets Jacek Sasin, the Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa, the Mayor of Torun Michal Zaleski, and the auxiliary bishop of Torun, Jozef Szamocki. Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, Rector of AKSiM and one of the primary patrons of the project, received congratulations President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda.
We had previously reported on the construction of the Torun geothermal heating plant back in 2020, with plans to start operations by September of the same year. A pipe leakage in one of the wells entailed the drilling of a replacement well, causing the delay. This two-year delay, however, is minor considering that the initial investment in the project can be traced back to 2008.
Heat from Geotermia Torun will be supplied to the city’s heating network that is owned by state company PGE Torun. The plant has a capacity of about 18 MW and is expected to generate annual heat sales of 234,000 GJ. This will constitute about 8% of the heat managed by PGE Torun, with the rest supplied by a gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant and a biogas heating plant.
Source: Torun Naszemiasto
