The municipality of Stäfa’s heating and cooling supply is to be modernised with a sustainable energy project. According to a press release, local industry and 500 properties in Stäfa will be supplied with renewable heat from Lake Zurich from 2026. The industrial companies will also receive renewable cooling for their cooling processes from the lake. The project is being realised by Energie 360°. The project aims to save 7,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide in future by replacing gas and oil heating systems. According to the press release, this reduction in emissions corresponds to the consumption of 2.6 million litres of fossil heating oil. Heat is to be generated using heat exchangers in an underground system. Construction of the lake water intake and the underground energy centre will begin in summer 2024. The first pipes for the heating and cooling network will be laid in 2025, and the industrial companies and the first properties will then be connected to the new heating and cooling supply from 2026.
“Energie 360° has set itself the goal of supplying its customers exclusively with renewable energy by 2040,” Romeo Deplazes, Head of Solutions at Energie 360°, is quoted as saying in the press release. “The Stäfa energy network is a further step in Switzerland’s transformation from fossil to renewable energy.”
