Renewable Energy Potential in Slovakia

Several studies have been made at national level, evaluating mainly total renewable energy potential in Slovakia. The results are sometimes different, depending up used method and available data. The highest total potential in Slovakia has a solar energy. In regard of financial and technological possibilities there is an assumption to utilize this kind of energy primarily for heat production and warm service water production. The utilization of technical potential in compare with other technologies is nowadays financially more exacting.

The second highest total potential has a geothermal energy. Attributes of geothermal waters in SR predestines the utilization of this energy for heating and healing purpose. Technical potential is also markedly lower by reason of technological problems, which are connected with chemical composition of geothermal waters.

The highest technical as well as utilizable potential has a biomass. Biomass has large perspective in heat production in the form of pellets, briquettes, wood chips and straw. Relatively fast solution of biomass utilization is co-combustion with fossil fuel in heat power plants and by combined heat and electricity production.

Biogas made of agricultural biomass and waste from sewerage plant is possible to use for electricity and heat production. The most widely used RES for electricity production is water energy that covers above 98 % electricity production from RES.

Utilizable potential of wind energy was calculated for 600 GWh in 2002 (by using the wind turbines with the performance 500 – 1 000 kW). Following present experiences and technologic progress in turbines construction is possible to assume, that this available potential is more than doubled.

Source	Total potential		Technical potential		Utilisable potential
	PJ	GWh	PJ	GWh	PJ	GWh
Water energy	23,8	6600	23,8	6600	23,8	6600
Big water power plants	20,2	5600	20,2	5600	20,2
Small water power plants	3,6	1000	3,6	1000	3,6	1000
Wind energy3	*	*	2,2	600	2,2	600
Biomass	120,3	34500	120,3	33400	87	24306
Geothermal energy	174,6	48500	22,7	6300	22,7	6300
Solar energy	194537	54038	34	9450	18,7	5200
SPOLU	194859	54127	202900	56350	154,9	43006

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