Abstract
The paper presents results of geothermal projects carried out in the last 23 years by the interdisciplinary research team at the AGH University of Science and Technology, in cooperation with numerous scientific institutions, published in the form of geothermal atlases in different parts of Poland. For many years, the Department of Fossil Fuels at the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, has conducted the fundamental research and implementation work, aiming at the selection of optimum areas for utilization of geothermal waters and energy. Over the years, a methodology of estimation of geothermal resources with use of advanced techniques and numerical modeling has been developed. Recapitulation of the studies of the occurrence and utilization of geothermal waters and energy within geological units of the Polish Lowlands, Carpathians and Carpathian Foredeep has been reflected in seven Atlases. The Atlases represent a result of interdisciplinary, constructive cooperation of specialists from various, often remote fields of knowledge, fundamental and technological in nature, including: geologists, geophysicists, hydrogeologists, geochemists, drilling engineers, heat engineers, and many other specialists. The Atlases enable the selection of the most promising areas for utilization of geothermal waters and energy in Poland. The best geothermal conditions are predicted in the Polish Lowlands and Podhale region although in many areas of the Carpathians and the Carpathian Foredeep favorable geothermal conditions also occur.
Highlights
Similar to other European countries, Poland has natural sedimentary structural basins filled with geothermal waters of diversified reservoir temperatures, from 20 to 80–90 °C, in some cases even over 100 °C
Recapitulation of the studies of the occurrence and utilization of geothermal waters and energy within geological units of the Polish Lowlands, Carpathians and Carpathian Foredeep has been reflected in seven Atlases
The best geothermal conditions are predicted in the Polish Lowlands and Podhale region in many areas of the Carpathians and the Carpathian Foredeep favorable geothermal conditions occur
Summary
Similar to other European countries, Poland has natural sedimentary structural basins filled with geothermal waters of diversified reservoir temperatures, from 20 to 80–90 °C, in some cases even over 100 °C. Estimation of geothermal energy reserves in respective categories and indication of areas characterized, in a regional scale, by favorable geothermal conditions required analysis of the basic economical parameter influencing the industrial usefulness of geothermal waters as a source of heat.
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