Location of geothermal fields
Geotectonic map of Republic of
Macedonia
The territory of the Republic of Macedonia,
which is located in the middle of Balkan Peninsula,
is characterized by high geothermal activity, mostly
with low-enthalpy geothermal energy. Macedonia is
situated along the very favorable geothermal zone
that starts in Hungary to the North and Italy to
the West and stretches through Greece down to Turkey.
The rise in imported oil and domestic
coal prices in the second half of the 1970’s has
stimulated the search for alternatives such as geothermal
energy resources, but Macedonia is one of the minor
European countries and there has not been a systematic
measurement of terrestrial heat flow.
From the geotectonic point of view,
the Serbian-Macedonian massif is situated between
the internal Dinarides and the Carpatho-Balkanides.
Although the earth’s crust can be up to 40 km thick
here, some areas are very promising for the occurrence
of high-enthalpy geothermal resources. This is due
to the emplacement of numerous granite intrusions,
which, during their crystallization, supplied the
surrounding rocks with an enormous amount of heat
(Dimitrov and others, 1993). Within this framework,
six geothermal zones, each with own particular characteristics
and potential, can be identified.
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