Wärmewende:

On the way to CO2-free heating

In order to achieve our goal of a climate-neutral world, the heating sector is of particular importance. We municipal utilities are working on various projects to ensure that heating will also be CO2-free in the future.

Fernwärmeausspeisung für Jena am Heizkraftwerk Winzerla

Wärmenetzstrategie 2040

Together with Thüringer Energie AG, we are developing a strategy for the decarbonization of Jena's district heating supply.

The core is the conversion of district heating generation at the Winzerla CHP plant. The aim is to use environmental heat.

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Municipal heat planning: this is the current status

The city of Jena wants to draw up its first municipal heat planning by the end of 2024 with the help of an external planning office. Stadtwerke Jena Netze is part of the core working group and is contributing its network knowledge and local expertise to the project. At the end of June, the project partners provided an initial interim status report.

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job Kraftwerk Hermsdorf

iKWK in Hermsdorf: district heating from air and excess electricity

The Stadtwerke subsidiary job has been systematically expanding the plant fleet at its combined heat and power plant in Hermsdorf since 2019. Among other things, two large heat pumps have been in operation there since the end of 2023 and, together with combined heat and power plants and power-to-heat systems, form an innovative combined heat and power system.

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Luftaufnahme der zentralen Kläranlage in Jena-Zwätzen

Innovative approach: heat generation from wastewater

The industrial estates along Wiesenstrasse in Jena-Nord are expected to be supplied with CO2-neutral heat from 2030 via a new local heating network.

Large heat pumps are to use the waste heat from the treated wastewater to generate district heating at the central sewage treatment plant.

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