| Title | 2020 Ukraine Country Update |
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| Authors | Yurii MOROZOV, Anastasia BARYLO, Oleg LYSAK |
| Year | 2020 |
| Conference | World Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | geothermal energy, Ukraine, heating, geothermal heating, balneology |
| Abstract | The paper presents the status of geothermal energy development in Ukraine. Regarding reports for World Geothermal Congress, it is the first update on geothermal energy use in Ukraine since the World Geothermal Congress 2005 (Khvorov, 2005). Additionally, in 2016 the update on the status of geothermal energy in Ukraine was given to European Geothermal Congress 2016 and it was followed by the next update for European Geothermal Congress 2019. This paper analyzes Ukrainian geothermal conditions. The best regions for the development of geothermal energy are usually concerned as the Transcarpathian and the Carpathian depressions, the Black Sea artesian basin (the Crimean steppe and the Black Sea coast) and the Dnipro-Donetsk artesian basin. Substantial low-temperature geothermal resources are also available in Donetsk folded area. These territories correspond with the known territories of oil & gas extraction Geothermal use for heating purposes in the country was initiated in the 1970s. Since that time there is a steady rise in geothermal energy consumption in Ukraine. The last decade there was an especial rise of the development of geothermal energy resources for balneology and shallow geothermal heat pumps. Ukraine provides governmental programs of financing research in the field of geothermal energy. Ukraine provides feed-in-tariff for electrical energy produced by geothermal electrical plants and feed-in-tariff can be increased if equipment made in Ukraine is used. Simultaneously, there are reduced taxes for imported geothermal equipment in Ukraine too. However, currently there is no geothermal electrical production in Ukraine. There is also a government support for conducting geothermal research in Ukraine. Thus, in 2018, an experimental installation for study of heat storage from renewable energy sources in the underground aquifer thermal energy system was created by the Institute of Renewable Energy National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. |