Alexander Richter, Think Geoenergy
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The city of Potsdam near the German capital of Berlin is looking at geothermal energy fueled district heating. So far, 95 percent of the heating energy in the city comes from just one plant. Now, the local utility Energie und Wasser Potsdam, (Energy and Water Potsdam, EWP) wants to build a decentralized supply and relies on geothermal energy. A pilot project is being developed in the middle of the city. This is reported by local publication Maerkische Allgemeine (MAZ).
The Potsdam-Süd heating plant in the industrial site went online in 1995 and is working with gas. The light blue heat storage went into operation at the end of 2015.
In the long term, the Potsdam energy and district heating supply should not depend solely on the central heating plant South in the industrial area and should be repositioned in a decentralized manner. Specifically, the Energie und Wasser Potsdam (EWP) wants to explore the possibilities of deep geothermal energy at several locations in the city.
The climate protection action plan of the state capital, which was recently decided by city councils, shows that a concept for a “replacement of the central heat generator at the combined heat and power plant south” is to be developed. The power station was connected to the grid in 1995 as a gas-fired power plant, making Potsdam independent of lignite and currently supplies 95 percent of Potsdam’s households with district heating and 90 percent of households with electricity
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