A heat pump will be added to a power plant in Berlin, Germany to boost the amount of district heating it provides.
The Vattenfall combined heat and power plant already captures waste heat from a gas turbine which is then distributed to around 10,000 apartments and 500 individual facilities such as schools and clinics.
The heat pump, from Johnson Controls, will increase the amount of heat which can be provided without using any fossil fuels. In this way it should avoid around 620 tonnes/year of carbon dioxide emissions.
“The new heat pump installation at Berlin-Buch is part of our goal to enable fossil-free living in one generation, while still delivering on our customers’ expectations for the supply of affordable electricity and heat in the city of Berlin,” says Andreas Heuer, Asset-Manager dezentrale Anlagen, Vattenfall.
