Heidelberg Officially Opens Cogeneration Plant at Press Manufacturing Facility

Measured against the average power generation mix in Germany, the plant will reduce the amount of CO 2 released into the atmosphere by 3,700 metric tons a year. Energy costs at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site will also be around 10 percent lower.

Over 40 percent of local heating requirements met

In addition to electric power, the cogeneration plant’s two generators will produce 15 gigawatt-hours of heat each year. Waste heat from the engines and generators will be accommodated in a storage buffer and will meet over 40 percent of the site’s total local heating requirements - for heating the halls, for manufacturing processes, and for the hot water in the sanitary facilities.