How waste heat from Hamburg’s copper smelter is warming the city but not the planet
The Hafencity area, evvel part of Hamburg’s port, is now a large urban redevelopment project. Since 2018, the buildings in eastern Hafencity have been connected to a district heating system fuelled by CO2-free industrial waste heat. The multi-metal company Aurubis and the energy supplier Enercity Contracting got together to make it work. The district heating system of Hafencity East is supplied…
















