Potential of Shallow Geothermal Energy Maps (PSGEM)

The main objective of the undertaking is the long-term support by PIG-PIB for the development of shallow geothermal installations - as one of the renewable energies - using the Earth's natural heat in the form of ground heat pump installations and thus the involvement of PIG-PIB in the process of improving air purity in Poland, by providing specialist planning tools for the quantitative and qualitative assessment of geological and thermal conditions. The aim of the research is to create GIS information layers including: Potential of Shallow Geothermal Energy Maps, Maps of the possibility of constructing borehole heat exchangers taking into account environmental conditions. The maps will be supplemented by a nationwide GIS database for low-temperature geothermal energy (BDGNT) and a layer created on the basis of the analysis of boreholes from the CBDH database in accordance with the PORT PC guidelines from 2013: thermal conductivity λ [W/m*K] to a depth of 100 m below ground level.