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Geothermal Energy Systems Assessment - A Strategic Assessment of Technical, Environmental, Institutional and Economic Potentials in Central and Eastern European Countries IntroductionThe Geothermal Energy Systems Assessment (GESA) project is reported in two volumes. Volume I is the main report: Geothermal Energy Systems Assessment (GESA): A Strategic Assessment of Technical, Environmental, Institutional and Economic Potentials in CEECs. Volume II is a collection of Country Profiles and case studies. Volume II includes country profiles on Poland (II: A), Romania (II: B), Russia (II: C) Slovakia (II: D) and Ukraine (II: E). Further, Volume II includes NonFocus Country Profiles on: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia and Lithuania (II: F). Finally, the GESA project produced a Strategic Action Plan (unpublished). The GESA study distinguishes between focus countries and nonfocus countries. Kvistgaard Consult wish to emphasize that this terminology is bound by time and context, meaning that it applies only to the current DANCEE programme perspective as of late 2001 and January 2002. While 12 Central and Eastern European countries were considered for this study, main attention was given to analyze conditions in the five countries defined by DANCEE as focus countries: Poland, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine and Romania. The remaining countries, the non-focus countries are 1) already phased out of the DANCEE program (Hungary), 2) currently in the process of being phased out (Czech Republic) or 3) subject to DANCEE (DEPA) geothermal project funding (Bulgaria, Lithuania and Latvia) but to a lesser extent than the focus countries. Belarus has not been included in the study and Estonia has not been further considered due to the country's lack of geothermal potential. Changes in DEPA's policies introduced in the course of 2002 may change the situation with regard to inclusion of countries in the DANCEE programme, as well as in the areas of collaboration covered by the programme.
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