New heaters: Robert Habeck enthusiastic about immersion heaters in old Berlin building
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Habeck inaugurates supplementary electric heating in Berlin buildingThe Decarbon1ze, 50Hertz and Vonovia pilot uses surplus power; a full installation costs a low four-figure sum.
Key FactsJul 17, 2024 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: berliner-zeitung.de
- Economy Minister Robert Habeck inaugurated a prototype of the joint Decarbon1ze, 50Hertz and Vonovia project on Monday in an apartment building in Berlin-Reinickendorf.
- Heating elements in hot-water tanks are intended to operate only when renewable power is available in excess, based on a 50Hertz day-ahead forecast, while gas heating operates otherwise and curtailment can be reduced.
- Building owners bear the installation costs, with a controllable heating element costing about 750 euros and the complete installation costing a low four-figure sum according to Vonovia, while consumption costs are passed on to residents.
- Vonovia says it has installed ten supplementary heaters in Berlin and is discussing 50 to 100 more units in Hamburg, while about ten terawatt-hours of renewable electricity were curtailed in 2023.
The idea of electric supplementary heating shows that more climate protection in the building sector is also possible with small and affordable steps.— Robert Habeck, Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (Greens), in a statement
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