Heating with district heating: how does it work and how much does it cost?

 

Supplying more people with (green) district heating is seen as the key to the success of the heat transition in cities. In Jena, 56 percent of households are already heated with district heating from Stadtwerke Energie Jena-Pößneck. And this figure is set to rise significantly by 2040.

In fact, there are many advantages to district heating: it is generated in an environmentally friendly way, customers do not have to worry about their own technology in the cellar or the cheap procurement of fuel. And above all: Compared to other forms of heating, district heating is quite inexpensive and, in the long term, of course much cheaper than fossil natural gas or oil.

But how exactly does district heating work? How do you get it? And above all: Where in Jena is district heating available today and in the future? We answer these and, of course, the big question about the costs of district heating in this part of the energy transition series. This time, Helge Gerullis, Head of Business Customer Sales at Stadtwerke Energie Jena-Pößneck, answers Christian Uhlmann's questions.