District Heating Mürzzuschlag

Solar District Heating for a medium-sized city

In Mürzzuschlag is Austria’s largest ground-mounted solar thermal system

Mürzzuschlag is a town of 8,500 inhabitants in a mountain region between Vienna and Graz. It’s district heating system used to be fired by natural gas and biomass boilers. As both are scarce ressources, the integration of solar thermal was very much appreciated.

The customer Stadtwerke Mürzzuschlag wanted to keep its high share of renewable energies in the district heating grid at low emissions. And the utility didn’t want to invest on its own, so they preferred an ESCo deal.

After a suitable area close to the heating grid was found, SOLID developed a solution with a large collector field and 3 heat storages of 180 m³ in total in 2020. The ESCo company SolarWärme MZ GmbH was founded. This company owns the solar plant and sells the produced solar heat to the utility.

The customer has advantages due to a higher renewable share than before and due to peak load management by the storage. The possibility of extension was already integrated by installation of larger pumps and pipes, and was realised in 2023. Due to the numerous new connections to the Mürzzuschlag district heating system, the plant was expanded to 6850 m² (4800 kW) and 420,000 litres of storage volume. This will further increase natural gas and CO2 savings.

Gefördert von 

 

Technical Specifications

Comissioning
2020

CO2 Savings
930 t/a

Collector area
6850 m²

Storage
420 m³

Any questions?

Click on the button and we will be happy to help you!

More success stories

Solar system for dairy plant in California

Dairy industry in California

Dairy Industry in California produces a wide range of high-quality dairy products for private label, foodservice, industrial and export markets. The company wanted to replace a portion of its energy needs with renewable energy sources. SOLID implemented an effective, long-term and sustainable solution.

Read more »
The latest updates

Subscribe to our newsletter

Green news: Latest trends in the spotlight