| Abstract |
Owing its natural conditions, Slovak Republic has a significant potential in geothermal energy. Until done investigation and survey have quantified this potential on 5 538 MWt. It is an alternative territorially spread source of energy. The significance of its use relates both - economic aspects as well as ecology. Altogether 26 geothermal areas, resp. structures for obtaining and use of geothermal water were distinguished in Slovakia. Particular geothermal areas can be characterized with differing degree of available hydrogeothermal exploration results. Several areas have represented in the past (until 2000) an object of hydrogeothermal investigation, resp. exploration, using geothermal drills (Vienna Basin, Central depresssion of Danube Basin, Komárno elevated block, Komárno marginal block, Levice block, Skorušiná Depression, Tur.. ianska kotlina Basin, Liptovská kotlina Basin, Levo.. a Basin W and S part – only Popradská kotlina Basin, Dubnica Depression and Košická kotlina Basin – restricted to .. urkov area). Recently (after 2000) the geothermal investigation was focussed into .. iarska kotlina Basin – Central Slovakian Neogene volcanics – NW part, Horná Nitra Basin, Topo.. .. any embayment and Bánovská kotlina Basin, Humenné Ridge and Rimavská kotlina Basin and its compendious results we state gradually by particular areas. In some geothermal areas the hydrogeothermal investigation by geothermal drills has not been done yet (Trnava embayment, Pieš.. any embayment, Tren.. ianska kotlina Basin, Ilavská kotlina Basin, .. ilinská kotlina Basin, Komjatice Depression, Central Slovakian Neogene volcanics SE part, Upper Strháre-Tren.. subsidence, Levo.. a Basin - NE part, Beša- .. i.. arovce structure). The hydrogeothermal investigation is systematic, aiming to examine all geothermal areas in Slovakia. This investigation (usually using geothermal borehole) is realized by means of regional hydrogeothermal evaluation of particular hydrogeothermal areas, being financed by the Ministry of Environment of Slovak Republic from the state budget. The regional hydrogeothermal evaluation of particular areas is done by methodology used in similar evaluation of regions in other countries of European Union presented in Atlas of geothermal sources of Europe (Hurter and Haenel, eds. 2002). |