Aesch gets a sustainable heating network
Primeo Energie and the municipality of Aesch want to supply large parts of the municipality with sustainable wood district heating. To this end, existing district heating networks are being renewed and merged. A new heating center is also planned.
Primeo Energie and the municipality of Aesch are planning to set up “a large and sustainable district heating network”, the Basel-based energy service provider informs in a message. It is supposed to supply large parts of the municipality with “renewable wood district heating”. The investment required for this is estimated in the communication at CHF 20 million.
In a first step, the partners want to develop the north of Aesch. After that, the network will gradually cover the remaining areas, according to the announcement. The existing heating networks of Primeo Energie and the community and residents’ community in Aesch are to be renewed and merged in the new network.
The plans also provide for the establishment of a new heating center. It will be built in the Weidenring and, in addition to two boilers, will also have a heat pump, explains Primeo Energie. Wood chips from the Aesch forest and the Angenstein district are primarily used as fuel. The peak load is absorbed by an oil boiler.
In total, the planned heat generation amounts to around 16 gigawatt hours, writes Primeo Energie. According to the company, the share of renewable energy in heat production will be over 80 percent. In this way, more than 3000 tons of CO2 emissions could be avoided each year.
The planning application for the association should be submitted by the end of this year. The first heat supplies could be realized at the beginning of the heating period 23/24, writes Primeo Energie. Interested property owners can already set up a connection.