Slovenia Times
5. February, 2021
Lendava/Maribor – A pilot project designed to extract geothermal energy from abandoned oil and gas wells will kick off in Lendava, in what is seen as a potential use case for abandoned wells around the world.
The project involves sinking a Slovenian-designed geothermal gravitational heat tube into an abandoned well to a depth of about three kilometres to secure sufficient heat energy to produce power.
The initiative is led by a subsidiary of the state-owned power utility HSE, energy group Petrol and chemical company Nafta, which is located in the area where oil and gas used to be extracted.
As part of an announcement on planned renewable energy development, Slovenian power company Dravske elektrarne Maribor has identified geothermal as potential development option.