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Energy supply to the energy self-sufficient village of Feldheim via private local heating and electricity grids
Success through cooperation
One of the most spectacular concepts for supplying businesses, private households and local government with renewable energies on a decentralised, self-sufficient basis is currently being implemented in Feldheim, a district of Treuenbrietzen, a town in Brandenburg. The project owes its success to the excellent partnership between the municipality of Treuenbrietzen, the residents of Feldheim and the project developer, Energiequelle GmbH.
Self-sufficient supply
Energiequelle GmbH designed the various components of this concept – which includes cutting-edge, state-of-the-art wind power systems and biogas plants –, installed them as turnkey systems and linked them via the new heat and power distribution system to form a regional energy supply grid.
Reliability under peak loads
Independence with a private grid
Financed by pooling resources
The owner of the separate power grid for supplying electricity to connected consumers is Energiequelle GmbH and Co. WP Feldheim 2006 KG.
However, the municipality and the local residents were unable on their own to put up the substantial investments needed to build the separate electricity and district heating grids. Additional funds from the regional government and from EU programmes were therefore tapped into.
Good reasons for an overall energy concept
Preparing for the future
Switching to renewable energies means creating long-term safeguards of existential importance for future generations. This is the only way to reduce CO2 emissions effectively and protect the climate.
Positive image building
Many awards show that investments in renewable energies are honoured by society and result in a positive image factor for municipalities and local communities. When the latter can demonstrate that they have solved global energy problems at local level, they awaken public interest.
Long-term energy security
Wind, solar and bioenergy will always be available, whereas fossil fuel resources are becoming increasingly scarce, and thus expensive. The technologies already exist for meeting present and future needs with renewable energies.
Maximum independence
An appropriate overall energy concept and an essentially autarchic supply grid puts the regional end-users connected to it in a position where they can free themselves from spiralling prices for fossil fuels and from over-powerful energy suppliers. This shows that renewable energies allow the creation of totally new value cycles at regional level.
Secure jobs
Every renewable energy project brings inward investment to the region. The planning, construction and maintenance of renewable energy systems secures existing and creates new jobs in local enterprises.
Financial benefits
Producers of power from renewable energies receive a price that is defined by law, thus safeguarding revenues for plant operators on a long-term basis. Even when the local community is not the operator of the wind or solar farm, it still derives benefits in the form of municipal trade tax and perhaps also leasehold payments from the plant operator.
The components of the energy self-sufficient village
