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The project „Mapping of the shallow geothermal systems in the Republic of Croatia” (PLIGES) plans to conduct the first comprehensive overview of the installed shallow geothermal systems in Croatia. Currently, there is no systemwide monitoring or control of the use of heat pumps used to harness the shallow geothermal energy potential. Therefore, it is difficult to give estimation on the total installed capacity as well as energy utilization from shallow geothermal resources.
The interdisciplinary project team consists of experts from two different scientific-educational institutions (The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture - FSB and The Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering - RGNF) as well as the design and oversight company of such systems (TT Inženjering). The team plans to gather data regarding the existing shallow geothermal systems as part of the project activities and to create an interactive GIS map, thus allowing for the estimation of shallow geothermal energy utilization. Also, the project’s expected outcome is the increase of the knowledge of existing systems as well as to give an estimation of the shallow geothermal potential in Croatia. It is expected that the publicly available developed tools, as well as the activities regarding the information access and visibility, will significantly contribute to the recognition of the technology, build the capacity for its application, and help all the interested parties involved in planning, design and investing, to increase the share of shallow geothermal energy in renewable resource use.