Hoyerswerda currently obtains its district heating from the Schwarze Pumpe power plant. This plant will be taken off the grid by 2038 at the latest as part of the decision to phase out coal. The city is already working with its partners to develop alternatives for a sustainable heating source. These alternatives must be climate-friendly, economical and socially acceptable. Prospects for the future heat supply in Hoyerswerda are currently being considered in an overall strategy and three solution options are being investigated with equal priority:

• A regional concept focused on the Spremberg – Weißwasser – Hoyerswerda city triangle,
• heat extraction from the Lauta thermal waste treatment plant, and
• the integration of local generation plants in the city area.

The potential of energy generation plants in the urban area is to be demonstrated by the neighborhood concept at Lausitzer Platz.

The model quarter covers an area of about 192 ha with about 8,000 inhabitants. In the center is the Lausitzer Platz with the Lausitzhalle and the Lausitz-Center. The surrounding residential area includes about 5,200 apartments owned by Wohnungsgesellschaft Hoyerswerda and LebensRäume Hoyerswerda. The most important businesses and consumers in the neighborhood include the Lausitzer Seenland Klinikum, the Lausitzbad, the Lausitzhalle, the Lausitz-Center along with public educational institutions such as the Léon-Foucault-Gymnasium, the new secondary school and daycare centers.

The heat supply of the many buildings accounts for a large share of the city’s CO2 emissions. For this reason, a model neighborhood was selected in Hoyerswerda to investigate new possibilities for a secure and, as far as possible, self-sufficient supply in the neighborhood. Energy should not only be consumed on-site but also generated efficiently and in a climate-friendly manner in the future. And, of course ideally at reasonable prices.

An energy solution like this is best achieved when the city works together with owners and local stakeholders to develop a plan, a so-called neighborhood concept.

Renewable energies and energy efficiency play an important role in reducing CO2 emissions in the neighborhood, as does the joint planning of larger generation plants to supply as many buildings as possible with storage solutions.

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