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The local utility of the city Münster in Germany has been working hard on the climate-neutral generation of electricity, yet is also intensively involved in decarbonising the heat supply for the city. Now, Stadtwerke Münster together with the Fraunhofer IEG are planning research on the possibilities of geothermal energy generation.
In the past few years, Stadtwerke Münster has analyzed the heating market in detail and described a path to green heating. “In Münster, heating is responsible for a good 40 percent of CO 2 emissions from private households; nationwide it is even more than 50 percent. The heating transition is an essential part of climate protection, ”emphasizes Sebastian Jurczyk, Managing Director of Stadtwerke Münster in a press release. The company wants to massively promote the change towards a fully sustainable supply from renewable heat sources. “But it is also clear that the development of new, renewable heat sources and the conversion of the heat supply infrastructure will not happen overnight.”
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