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- 5000 buildings receive intelligent heating software- AI solution reduces consumption and CO2 emissions- Around 24000 new customers won- Company doubles sales compared to the same quarter of the previous year to EUR 2.3 billionenercity is stepping up its commitment in the field of district heating and also relies on artificial intelligence AI better known as machine learning. Intelligently controlled district heating is indispensable for achieving climate goals in cities said enercity boss Dr. Susanna Zapreva on the occasion of the review of the first quarter of the current financial year. The use of AI envisages successively equipping objects connected to the district heating network with the appropriate software and retrofitting existing buildings. In a first step around 5000 apartment buildings in Hanover will be equipped by 2027. By using AI in these 5000 buildings around 50000 megawatt hours MWh of heat and 5000 tons of carbon dioxide CO2 can be saved per year - or alternatively 500 other buildings can be heated. For three years now a strategic focus of our work has been the expansion of climate-friendly district heating. Now we want to bring digital intelligence to the analogue district heating system said Zapreva.Pilot project Intelligent control for more energy efficiencySmart control approaches in the district heating system increase energy efficiency reduce costs reduce CO2 and promote climate protection. A successfully completed pilot project by enercity in Hanover with the Ostland housing cooperative shows how district heating customers can significantly save CO2 with the help of AI. The AI-based software integrates buildings into the optimization process of the district heating system and regulates the heating control as required based on continuous real-time measurement. All user groups benefit from self-learning control software Tenants from saved energy costs the housing industry from improved analysis and communication options and enercity from more flexibility.Another 100 apartment buildings with AIDue to the positive pilot experience with the self-learning cloud-based software enercity retrofitted another 100 apartment buildings connected to the district heating network. Since then around 2000 residents of 900 apartments have benefited from the AI-based control. Customer satisfaction has increased noticeably. In addition to energy savings the use of smart controls in the pilot project also reduced peak loads by around 20 percent. Such a peak load reduction in the overall network enables enercity to connect 25 percent additional customers to the district heating network without having to expand existing production capacities. In the long term the cost of generating district heating in combined heat and power plants will decrease.Planning for the district heating statute is in full swingIn general the expansion of district heating is one of the central levers on the way to climate neutrality in Hanover. enercity is preparing for the implementation of the statutes planned by the LHH which should come into force at the beginning of 2023. To this end enercity is planning to revise the product and provide incentives from the start to convince people of the advantages of a district heating connection. In addition to district heating products this also includes transitional products such as so-called pop-up heaters so that a good solution for customers is possible for every constellation.Share of renewable energies continues to riseThe share of renewable energies in electricity production rose by 19.7 percent year-on-year in the first quarter and was 38 percent. The proportion of renewable energies is also increasing in heat production. In the first quarter of 2022 the share of renewable energies was 18.2 percent. That is 3.3 percent more than in the same period last year. The implementation of the replacement systems for the decommissioning of Block 1 of the coal-fired power plant in Hanover-Stcken is also progressing so that the coal phase-out in Hanover can be implemented well.Course of the financial year Significant increase in customers and leap in salesenercity gained a large number of new customers in the first quarter of 2022. Around 24000 private and commercial customers opted for enercity from January to March. Sales also rose significantly from EUR 1.1 billion to EUR 2.3 billion in the same quarter of the previous year. Due to the high price level on the trading venues the amount of electricity and natural gas converted has fallen At 5051 gigawatt hours GWh electricity sales in the first quarter were 33.4 percent below the previous years level 7588 GWh. Natural gas sales also fell by 22.4 percent to 13034 GWh previous year 16794 GWh. Heat sales in the first quarter were 7.5 percent lower at 1020 GWh. Water sales remained almost the same at ten million cubic meters.Stability despite reduced gas supplies - EEG levy is eliminatedAs of today only 40 percent of the usual gas quantities arrive in Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. This leads to further increases in wholesale prices. On July 1 2022 the legislator will reduce the EEG surcharge from 3.723 cents net to 0 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity. With an average consumption of a two-person household 2000 kilowatt hours per year this corresponds to a monthly saving of 7.38 euros gross. We automatically make the reduction for our customers no activities are necessary said Zapreva.
