- Johnson Controls to supply climate-friendly heat to
the city of Hamburg
- Heat pumps with 60 megawatts (MW) of power to supply up to
39,000 households with heat from wastewater
- Up to 66,000 tons of CO2 expected
to be saved per annum
HAMBURG,
Germany, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson
Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader in smart, healthy and
sustainable buildings, today announced a new agreement to help the
city of Hamburg, Germany,
decarbonize its district heating network. As part of a
collaborative project between HAMBURG WASSER (Hamburg Water) and Hamburg
Energiewerke (Hamburg Energy), Johnson Controls will equip the
Dradenau site of Hamburg's central
wastewater treatment plant with a new heat pump system that will
save around 66,000 tons of CO2 annually. Detailed
engineering is underway and the plant is expected to supply the
city with fossil-free heat using the new heat pumps from 2025.
Under the terms of the deal, Johnson Controls will install four
large-scale, 15 MW heat pumps that will supply environmentally
friendly heat to more than 39,000 residential units. Instead of
using fossil-based heating, the heat pumps will extract heat from
treated wastewater that leaves the plant each day and feed it into
the central district heating system of Hamburg Energie, part of the
Energiepark Hafen (the city's Port Energy Park) heating network.
The project is among the first large-scale heat pump projects in
Germany.
"The electrification of heating and cooling is a key step in the
energy transition and in achieving the decarbonization goals of the
Paris Climate Agreement. Heat pumps play a crucial role in allowing
us to harvest untapped, renewable heating resources and pave the
way toward a more integrated and sustainable energy system," said
Tomas Brannemo, president of Johnson Controls, EMEALA. "As a leader
in building technology and with our ability to provide a tailored
install and service offering, we are proud to have been chosen for
this strategic project and look forward to supporting Hamburg on its journey to becoming
CO2 neutral. The project will raise the bar in the
European utility sector for green heating."
"Wastewater is a valuable resource that we have been using for
climate-friendly energy generation for some time and the potential
of which we are continuing to exploit," explained Ingo Hannemann, technical managing director and
spokesman for the Management Board of HAMBURG WASSER. "The residual heat in the
treated wastewater is extracted by the heat pumps and fed into the
district heating network as usable heat. We are pleased to be able
to contribute to the Port Energy Park in this way, and as the
city's solution partner, to help launch a project that will supply
Hamburg with heat from renewable
sources."
"For Hamburg's heat supply, we
will be relying on a modular energy system in the future. At our
Port Energy Park, we will generate the majority of climate-neutral
heat from industrial processes, waste recycling and HAMBURG WASSER's wastewater treatment plant,"
added Christian Heine, spokesman for
the Management of Hamburger Energiewerke. "The Hamburg wastewater heating project is an
example of how the heat transition can succeed if we consistently
use local energy sources and state-of-the-art technologies."
The heat pumps will be supplied from Johnson Controls'
state-of-the-art facility in Nantes, France, one of the company's primary locations
for the manufacturing of large-scale refrigeration and heat pump
equipment for the EMEA region.
Johnson Controls has a long-standing history in the heat pump
field with more than 50 years of experience using sustainable
refrigerants at various temperature operating ranges. The company
was the first to market with eco-friendly heat pumps in 1982 and
today offers the most extensive portfolio of technology and
refrigerants in Europe.
In addition to the project with Hamburg Water, Johnson Controls
also supplies similar heat pumps to utility companies including
EnBW Stuttgart, Stadtwerke Rosenheim and Vienna Energy.
JOHNSON CONTROLS MEDIA CONTACT:
Louise Colledge
Direct: +41 79 414 49 96
Email: louise.colledge@jci.com
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