| Abstract |
In Sweden there is only one geothermal plant in operation. It is the geothermal heat pump plant established in Lund and in operation since 1984. The plant is owned and operated by the public utility company, Lunds Energi AB. The geothermal heat pump plant deliver a base heat load to the district heating network in the city corresponding to about 40% of the energy heat demand. There are two new geothermal projects under exploration and completion in Sweden. Both are in Scania in southernmost Sweden. In MalmĖ a private energy company, Sydkraft AB, drilled two wells during 2002 and 2003. Tests are scheduled to be finished spring 2004. Geothermal energy extraction will be accomplished through a system with an absorption heat pump. Start of operation estimated to 2004 or 2005. The second project is in Lund, operated by Lunds Energy AB in cooperation with Lund University of Technology. The drilling commenced during late 2002 and reached 3700 m in early 2003. Tests carried out late 2003 revealed feasible amounts of fluids and a second well will be drilled spring 2004. In the Lund project an existing heat pump will convert the geothermal energy to the existing district heating net. Start of operation is 2004/2005. LTH has also carried out initial geothermal exploration work for Landskrona and Ystad communities also situated in Scania. Elsewhere in Sweden scientific geothermal exploration is carried out in the vicinities of Stockholm where a meteorite crater is investigated by The Royal Institute of Technology. Details regarding production history and system facts will be given in the paper. |