Climate protection through heat use at MKW Weißenhorn
Part of the heat produced by the combustion process is to be carried by a district heating pipe to be used within the area of Weißenhorn town. To this end the town of Weißenhorn and Landkreis Neu-Ulm have formed a joint company and each holds a 50 % share in Fernwärme Weißenhorn Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (FWP GmbH). During the preceding project development, bifa developed a heat use concept with economic feasibility calculations.
These formed the basis of an audit by the Bavarian Municipal Auditing Association ("Bayerischen Kommunalen Prüfungsverband" - BKPV) in July 2016, which confirmed the economic feasibility of the planned project. This preparation work by bifa was used by the shareholders in their respective committees in July 2016 to bring about the political decision to build a district heating supply in Weißenhorn.
Use of waste heat is one of the best ways to supply heat in economic terms and contributes to improving climate protection in the town and in the district.
One year after it was founded, FWP GmbH has already established the organisational and economic prerequisites for the next important step. A firm of engineering consultants was engaged to design the laying of the heat pipe from the waste-fired power plant (MKW) to the Stiftungsklinik hospital in the north of Weißenhorn.
To secure heat delivery for the 2017/2018 heating period, construction must begin promptly in 2017. The laying of the heat pipe up to the Nikolaus-Kopernikus-Gymnasium school in the east of Weißenhorn is planned for 2018 in time for the 2018/2019 heating period.