The municipal heat planning for Schwerin started at the beginning of 2025 and has since reached important milestones. It affects approximately 100,000 people in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s second-largest city. The project area covers approximately 130 km2.

Following a comprehensive stakeholder analysis and data collection, both the inventory and potential analyses were successfully completed. The interim results were presented to the public at a first, open citizens’ forum on 2025-10-07. In addition to presenting key results developed so far, the citizens of Schwerin were involved through a live survey and discussion of the findings. The survey results, in particular, indicate that Schwerin residents desire a sustainable, socially acceptable, and predictable heat supply. This desire will be taken into account in the further development of the heat plan.