Wärmeversorgung Offenburg

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Founded in 2008, Wärmeversorgung Offenburg is a private headquartered in Offenburg, Germany with approximately Name: Martin Wenz, Title: Geschäftsführer employees specializing in Biomass, Energy Storage, Hydrogen.

Wärmeversorgung Offenburg GmbH & Co. KG is a municipal district heating utility serving the city of Offenburg. The company operates five combined heat and power (CHP) plants with total electrical capacity of 4,900 kW. The company is jointly owned by the City of Offenburg (51%) via its technical services department and Elektrizitätswerk Mittelbaden AG & Co. KG (49%). The company provides low-emission and environmentally friendly heat to residential, commercial, educational, and industrial customers in Offenburg. Key energy sources include five CHP plants, industrial waste heat recovery (particularly from Burda printing facility), biomass combustion, heat pumps powered by renewable electricity, solar thermal systems, and planned hydrogen and synthetic methane generation. The company operates with over 95% efficiency and network losses of approximately 5%. Plans include expanded use of biomass from regional sources, heat-driven cooling via absorption chillers, and transition to renewable gases (biogas, hydrogen, synthetic methane). The expansion of the district heating network is a central component of the city's climate protection strategy, with the goal of climate-neutral heat supply by 2040.

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