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Iceland sees potential for geothermal district heating in Romania

Iceland sees potential for geothermal district heating in Romania Morning in Timisoara, Romania (source: flickr/ Ladik, creative commons)
Alexander Richter 23 Jan 2012

On a recent visit to Romania, Iceland's Minister of Foreign Affairs talks about the opportunity of utilizing geothermal energy for heating in Romania, particularly in the western region at Arad, Timisoara and Oradea.

On a recent visit to Romania, Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Össur Skarphedinsson, said that his country would be interested in developing geothermal district heating projects.

Particularly the western region of Romania has several areas with geothermal potential, namely Arad, Timisoara, and Oradea. But Romania would first needed to develop a detailed map of its geothermal resource potential.

On financing these kind of projects, he mentioned that there are non-refundable funds earmarked for Romania by the countries of the European Economic Area, here Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein that could be used for this purpose.

A project serving 80,000-100,000 people, would have a large impact reducing CO2 emissions in a region that currently depends heavily on Russian gas imports that have risen dramatically in price over the last decade.

Source: ActMedia