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>16MW geothermal power plant. That’s enough energy to supply tens of thousands of homes. The figures don't seem to work out for me there. If we assume 10k home

>16MW geothermal power plant. That’s enough energy to supply tens of thousands of homes. The figures don't seem to work out for me there. If we assume 10k homes (so just one ten thousand) that's 1.6kW per home, which isn't much (in most countries a single socket can supply 3kW)

schoen 3y ago
Isn't 1.6 kW a reasonable average amount of power consumption for a home? Not peak, but average? Yes, when I'm running my toaster or electric kettle or electric heater, my home may consume more, but I don't run those most of the time. There are even times when my home has almost no instantaneous electricity consumption.
- archi42 3y ago
  "Energy consumption per capita is 2.2 toe, with electricity accounting for 4300 kWh (2021). These figures are around 25% below the EU averages." https://www.enerdata.net/estore/energy-market/croatia/ https://www.enerdata.net/estore/energy-market/croatia/ With an average household size of 3.2 that's realistic. Though imho it's a bit much. Pre-heatpump, our two person house drew less, even though I charge a PHEV. Maybe the figure includes industrial use?
  - nathancahill 3y ago
    Climate in Croatia requires little to no AC and less heating than most of Europe. People often use wood/coal for heating in the winter too. Less industrialized than other parts of EU is surely a factor too.
    - BerislavLopac 3y ago
      > Climate in Croatia requires little to no AC and less heating than most of Europe. I'm really curious what brought you to that conclusion.
      - Melting_Harps 3y ago
        > I'm really curious what brought you to that conclusion. Having little to no insight or direct experience. I cannot tell you how unbearable Istria and Dalamatia coasts can get in the Summer months without AC. And I've lived in Zagreb not far from the Slovenian border when we couldn't afford to turn on the radiator on for more then a few hours and it f'ing sucked. It made living in Germany almost comfortable by comparison--I lived near the French border and only had kachelofen to heat the home. Croatian climate is incredibly diverse, its much like Californian climate in that respect; it has lots of islands where you may get away without AC or Heating, but that doesn't encompass the mainland. For such a tiny country it has a lot of diversity in terms of climate and culture for that matter.
        BerislavLopac 3y ago
        Precisely.
- BerislavLopac 3y ago
  > There are even times when my home has almost no instantaneous electricity consumption. I don't think this is the case in any modern household, as long as there is at least one device with a transformer (i.e. a "charger") plugged in. Of course, you can theoretically turn off all electricity, e.g. when going on holidays -- but most people don't do that, especially if they have any kind of smart devices or even an alarm system active.
manmal 3y ago
An average household in Croatia will need 3-5MWh per year, and this plant would yield 140GWh. Seems like the estimate of 10k households is actually conservative and might factor in public facilities.
BenjiWiebe 3y ago
Our dairy farm (milking ~120 cows) + cheesemaking plant + refrigerated cheese storage (storing 65k pounds of cheese) + house with 7 people uses around 5kw averaged for the whole year.

schoen 3y ago

Isn't 1.6 kW a reasonable average amount of power consumption for a home? Not peak, but average? Yes, when I'm running my toaster or electric kettle or electric heater, my home may consume more, but I don't run those most of the time. There are even times when my home has almost no instantaneous electricity consumption.

archi42 3y ago
"Energy consumption per capita is 2.2 toe, with electricity accounting for 4300 kWh (2021). These figures are around 25% below the EU averages." https://www.enerdata.net/estore/energy-market/croatia/ https://www.enerdata.net/estore/energy-market/croatia/ With an average household size of 3.2 that's realistic. Though imho it's a bit much. Pre-heatpump, our two person house drew less, even though I charge a PHEV. Maybe the figure includes industrial use?
- nathancahill 3y ago
  Climate in Croatia requires little to no AC and less heating than most of Europe. People often use wood/coal for heating in the winter too. Less industrialized than other parts of EU is surely a factor too.
  - BerislavLopac 3y ago
    > Climate in Croatia requires little to no AC and less heating than most of Europe. I'm really curious what brought you to that conclusion.
    - Melting_Harps 3y ago
      > I'm really curious what brought you to that conclusion. Having little to no insight or direct experience. I cannot tell you how unbearable Istria and Dalamatia coasts can get in the Summer months without AC. And I've lived in Zagreb not far from the Slovenian border when we couldn't afford to turn on the radiator on for more then a few hours and it f'ing sucked. It made living in Germany almost comfortable by comparison--I lived near the French border and only had kachelofen to heat the home. Croatian climate is incredibly diverse, its much like Californian climate in that respect; it has lots of islands where you may get away without AC or Heating, but that doesn't encompass the mainland. For such a tiny country it has a lot of diversity in terms of climate and culture for that matter.
      - BerislavLopac 3y ago
        Precisely.
BerislavLopac 3y ago
> There are even times when my home has almost no instantaneous electricity consumption. I don't think this is the case in any modern household, as long as there is at least one device with a transformer (i.e. a "charger") plugged in. Of course, you can theoretically turn off all electricity, e.g. when going on holidays -- but most people don't do that, especially if they have any kind of smart devices or even an alarm system active.

manmal 3y ago

An average household in Croatia will need 3-5MWh per year, and this plant would yield 140GWh. Seems like the estimate of 10k households is actually conservative and might factor in public facilities.

BenjiWiebe 3y ago

Our dairy farm (milking ~120 cows) + cheesemaking plant + refrigerated cheese storage (storing 65k pounds of cheese) + house with 7 people uses around 5kw averaged for the whole year.