For around 40 million euros, Stadtwerke Leipzig is building a large-scale solar thermal plant. The company intends to use the power of the sun to supply heat in the future. The new plant will feed heat into the grid of Saxony's largest city from 2026. "We are thus increasing the proportion of renewable energy in our district heating system," explained Stadtwerke Managing Director Karsten Rogall at the official start of construction on Tuesday in Leipzig-Lausen. We are talking about up to 20 percent of Leipzig's heating requirements every day in summer, and an average of around 2 percent over the year. The municipal company itself spoke of the largest solar thermal plant in Germany.
The plant is being built by Ritter Energie on an area of around 14 hectares. In future, collectors will use solar energy to heat water to around 110 degrees and then feed it into the district heating network.
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