Geothermal Heating for Urban CO₂ Mitigation: Case Studies from the Croatian Part of the Pannonian Basin

Krapina-Zagorje County and the City of Sveta Nedelja have submitted projects for the financing of geothermal energy applications, and completed preparation of the necessary project documentation. For both projects in question, the carbon footprint of potential technical geothermal solutions was calculated and compared to energy-equivalent natural gas heating. Using the same principle, an assessment of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions using the geothermal potential of the Croatian part of the Pannonian basin was carried out. The exploitation of geothermal water in the Croatian part of the Pannonian Basin and its use contributes to achieving the goal of climate neutrality set by the Low Carbon Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia until 2030, with an outlook to 2050.