At the event on 12 September 2024, LEA Pomurje presented the main activities of the project, including the prepared feasibility study of the mentioned well and the overall geothermal potential in the region.
For the purpose of assessing the geothermal potential and the possible conversion of existing oil and gas wells into geothermal ones, within the framework of the TRANSGEO Project, 𝐋𝐄𝐀 𝐏𝐨𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐣𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐀𝐊-1/86 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐤𝐢č𝐚𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞. A particular feature of this well is that it was non-operational until half a year ago, and just at the time when the feasibility study was being finalized, it started operating and is now discharging hot/warm water.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘫𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 500 𝘮, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 265 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘫𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 217 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 23 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 (𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 47 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 (𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴) 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 – 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘬𝘪č𝘢𝘯.
LEA Pomurje, in cooperation with project partners, is also developing a transnational strategy and action plan for the transition from fossil fuels to geothermal energy, in order to emphasize the importance of utilizing existing infrastructure and resources, as well as to encourage the further use of green energy in Central European regions.
Video showing the status of the pilot well before and after automatic activation