Heating installation in Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg quarter of WBG Zentrum
In the WindNODE test quarter Prenzlauer Berg, a practical test is being carried out in order to determine how residential areas and their energy installations can become part of the future energy supply. A growing share of Germany’s energy is subject to fluctuating renewable sources. Consequently, solutions are pursued that can balance the generation and consumption of renewable energy. Urban quarters have the capacity to contribute to this end goal.
In the Prenzlauer Berg test quarter of Berliner Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Zentrum eG, 6 residential buildings with a total of 224 homes depend on local heating grid. The heat is generated by a modular CHP unit (34 kWel / 78 kWth) and additional peak load boilers. The buildings are equipped with smart building technology that consistently adjusts the heat generation to the heat demand, accordingly. The technology achieves a reduction in energy consumption of 24% compared to buildings of the same type.
In the scope of the WindNODE project, storage and conversion possibilities for renewable electricity into heat (Power-to-Heat units), smart metering systems as well as connections to energy industry platforms were also installed in the quarter. With these installations, excess wind power can for example be converted into heating energy. What’s more, the quarter will be able to use its CHP unit to support the grid through the targeted injection of electricity when little renewable energy is available in the grid in the short term. This grid support is therefore rewarded. Such flexible management situations can be tested with the installations in the quarter.
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Versuchsquartier Prenzlauer-Berg
Hosemannstraße 43
10409 Berlin
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