| Abstract |
Ukraine possesses abundant geothermal resources in the form of underground thermal waters and hot dry rocks. For the assessment of power generation potential of the above-mentioned resources the administrative regions of Ukraine has been arbitrarily divided into two groups: 1. Group of the regions on whose territory the power is assumed to be generated from the heat of geothermal waters stored in the artesian basins (the regions of Crimea, Donetsk, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Nikolayev, Odessa, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kherson, Czernigiv). 2. Group of the regions on whose territory geothermal resources are represented by the heat of dry rocks (the regions of Vinnitsa, Volyn, Dnepropetrovsk, Zhitomir, Zakarpattya, Kyiv, Kirovograd, Lugansk, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Khmelnitsk, Czerkassy, Czernovitsy). The following assumptions have been made: 1. Water intake and re-injection sites are to be situated on the territory or close proximity of big cities and settlements; 2. Power generation technology implies the re-injection; 3. The mean values of temperature, porosity and filtration coefficient characteristic of specific regions of Ukraine are taken in the 1000-5000 metres interval; 4. Maximum depth under assessment |