Municipal Heat Plan Waren (Müritz)

The municipal heat plan presents transformation paths for how the city of Waren (Müritz) can establish a climate-neutral, affordable heat supply throughout the entire area by the target year 2040. This aligns with the city’s mission statement and its status as a health resort and spa town. Climate-neutral heat is therefore closely linked to regional marketing and the city’s tourism profile. Moreover, renewable energies create location advantages and are a crucial argument for attracting new businesses today. The heat plan thus fits into a larger picture and provides the basis for creating new synergies.

The inventory analysis of the heat plan shows that heat demands and greenhouse gas emissions correlate in the individual sectors. The highest demands and emissions are currently found in the residential buildings sector, followed by commerce, trade, services / other. Measures must be taken here to continuously reduce heat demands.

The heat supply is currently primarily determined by natural gas, both through the widely developed natural gas network and as the central energy source for district heating. The heat transition therefore primarily means a gradual shift away from natural gas towards renewable energies.

Waren (Müritz) has an abundance of suitable renewable potentials to make the heat supply environmentally friendly. Deep geothermal energy and solar thermal energy can be considered as key technologies for the restructuring of district heating in this context. The further expansion of deep geothermal energy can build on decades of tradition and existing expertise.

For the heat transition to succeed, district heating must be significantly expanded. This should close supply gaps through decentralized heating systems and efficiently supply a large part of the population with environmental heat. A full cost breakdown shows that the expansion and restructuring of district heating can be economically and socially viable. The same applies to new heating systems such as air and ground source heat pumps for decentralized supply. Outside the city center, the heat supply in the target year 2040 will be primarily ensured by these heating systems.

The heat plan of the city of Waren (Müritz) is a strategic tool to bundle the activities of the heat transition and create synergies. However, the heat plan only marks the starting point of the upcoming transformation. In the following years, the heat plan will be successively updated and adapted to developments.