News from Siekerkotte

Power-to-heat (P2H) systems must meet various requirements imposed on them by direct marketers, local energy suppliers, local heat consumers, and the heating system’s safety technology. At the center of this lie the switchgear and control system with its associated control program, which is a central element that coordinates these requirements and links all components together.

Summary: Virtual power plants (VPP) bundle electric heaters from a wide range of players in the manufacturing industry and tap additional sources of revenue from the plants by using them as power-to-heat applications. This places plants with less than 5MW further into the focus of the energy transition.

According to the funding guideline of the Thuringian Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation for the promotion of private power consumption “Solar Invest”, the Free State of Thuringia supports new replacement investments or extensions of seasonal energy storage systems such as power-to-heat plants by funding 40% of the investment sum.

2MW Siekerkotte power-to-heat plant successfully commissioned in Munich soccer arena! Stadium operator now contributes to power grid stability and the use of renewable energies in Germany! The operator was thus able to secure an additional interesting revenue option.

Energy transition and the associated volatile, decentralized energy feed mean that power grids also need to be stabilized locally. One proven tool is using power-to-heat plants that convert electricity into heat. Siekerkotte builds plants of this type from a few watts up to ten megawatts and has been successful on this market for 26 years.