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The waste-to-energy plant in the town of Geiselbullach in the municipality of Olching in Bavaria, Germany is aiming to tap into geothermal resources to provide an alternative source for the existing district heating network. This is based on an application filed by by Gemeinsames Unternehmen für Abfallwirtschaft (GfA), the joint municipal company for waste management, to search for geothermal resources on its property.
During a press conference, GfA CEO Thomas König explained that this had been made possible by a change in the Bavarian climate protection law. “Counties can now become producers of renewable energies, even beyond mere services of general interest,” stated König.
The waste-to-energy plant in Geiselbullach is sponsored by the districts of Dachau and Fürstenfeldbruck. It supplies heat to an existing network that serves the residential and commercial buildings in Olching, as well as an in the neighboring district of Dachau. A connection from Fürstenfeldbruck and Karlsfeld would also be conceivable in the future.
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