Geothermal energy in Italy

Geothermal energy in Italy is little used, other than for power production (see main article Geothermal power in Italy), but growing.

Italy stays above a relative thin crust, with four large areas of underground heat:

As a result, projects are in development in the coming years and more exploration is expected to find new locations.

Exploration

Research about the potential has started in 1976, following the oil crisis, with work of ENI and ENEL, which started jointly to bore hundredth of wells in Italy, creating a complete map of the underground resource. But in the '90, the exploratory activity stopped.

Following results a mapping of Italy in four areas:

Italy uses its lower temperature fluids for spas, agriculture, industry and district heating. A large portion of house heating is concentrated in the Abano spa area, in northeast Italy. As district heating the most important plants are in Ferrara and Vicenza in the eastern Po Valley, about 1990. Smaller district heating plants are found in Bagno di Romagna and Acqui Terme.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Carella, Roberto (1999). "Italian geothermal district heating systems" (PDF). GHC Bullettin, December 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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