The project aims to tap into geothermal resources to provide an alternative source for the existing district heating network, which is currently supplied by a waste-to-energy plant. The geothermal project will be headed by Amperland Thermalwärme GmbH (ATW), a subsidiary of Joint Municipal Company for Waste Management (Gemeinsames Unternehmen für Abfallwirtschaft / GfA), the company that currently operates the waste-to-energy plant. The company has secured a grant of EUR 8.8 million from the Federal Government’s Efficient Heating Networks (BEW) program to support the project.
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