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New biomass power plant in Dortmund: heat for 8,000 households!
A new biomass cogeneration plant is being built in Dortmund-Derne, which will ensure heating and electricity supplies by 2025. Citizen participation runs until November.
New biomass power plant in Dortmund: heat for 8,000 households!
Biowärme Dinslaken GmbH has big plans in Dortmund-Derne: a new biomass combined heat and power plant (CHP) is to be built on the former Gneisenau mine site. This project aims to significantly improve the city's climate-friendly district heating supply. The power plant will replace the Deutsche Gasrußwerke heat source, which will be taken offline at the end of 2025, and will thus provide the urgently needed supply for around 8,000 households, schools and public institutions in Dortmund. An area of around 2.3 hectares is planned, which is equivalent to around three football fields, to accommodate the new facilities.
The heart of the new thermal power plant, the boiler house, will be around 35 meters high, while the chimney will tower over the surrounding buildings at an impressive 40 meters and will be clearly visible. But don't worry: the exhaust gases that are discharged via this chimney consist primarily of water vapor and carbon dioxide (CO₂) - no relevant odor emissions are to be expected. In certain weather conditions there may only be short-term plumes of steam.
Healthy air and noise protection in Dortmund-Derne
The air quality around the power plant should not be noticeably impaired through regular monitoring in accordance with the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG). In order to reduce the noise associated with operation to a minimum, special silencers and foundations are used. The corresponding emission guidelines in the “Technical Instructions for Noise” are of course adhered to.
The logistical planning stipulates that around 15 truck journeys will be required every day to supply the power plant - these will only take place during the day. However, construction is still a long way off: the earliest possible date for construction to begin is 2027, as public participation is initially underway. This runs from October 20th to November 17th, 2025, during which citizens have the opportunity to submit their opinions and suggestions.
After citizen participation, all statements will be examined and the plans revised accordingly before they are publicly displayed and the council decides. This participatory approach shows that the people behind the project care about the opinion of the population. It remains to be hoped that the power plant not only offers a reliable source of heat, but is also well received locally politically and socially.
But it's not just the city of Dortmund that is mummified when it comes to energy. Google, as a multinational player, is also committed to sustainability. The company sets clear carbon neutrality goals and invests sustainably in renewable energy projects. Google, founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, has grown to become one of the largest players in many technology areas, from cloud computing to artificial intelligence. This shows that the need to use our resources responsibly does not just affect the local level; Rather, this is a global challenge that even large companies have to face.
This dynamic, local initiatives like the new cogeneration plant and large companies like Google committing to operating more sustainably could be crucial in the future for preserving our environment and quality of life.
(Further details about the power plant's plans can be found in a report by Ruhr24 and information about Google's commitment to sustainability Wikipedia.)