JenErgieReal
Real-world laboratory of the energy transition
The city of Jena, together with the Stadtwerke Jena Group and jenawohnen as well as other partners from practice, science and industry, wants to work out how cities can be supplied with electricity and heat energy in the future in a real-world laboratory for the energy transition. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection is funding the implementation of the project in Jena with around 20.4 million euros over a period of five years.
In 2019, JenErgieReal was one of 20 winning projects nationwide in the "Real-world laboratories for the energy transition ideas competition" organized by the then Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. More than 90 ideas were submitted in total. JenErgieReal was the only Thuringian entry to make it into the selection of projects eligible for funding. The city of Jena is now launching a real-world laboratory for the energy transition together with Stadtwerke Jena and other partners from science, the housing sector and industry.
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JenErgieReal Intelligent grids for sustainable energy.
Details Gesamtprojekt
JenErgieReal sees itself as a blueprint for the future holistic supply of renewable electrical and thermal energy. In particular, the overarching consideration of all parts of the urban energy system - from the producer to the end consumer - from transport to industry and commerce to housing - could make Jena a pilot location for the transformation of energy supply in cities.
JenErgieReal aims to develop a municipal energy transition based on renewable energies and to test it in practice. The results will be demonstrated as a real laboratory in the city of Jena. On the one hand, the entire urban area will be included, and on the other, energy technology measures will be implemented in parts of a neighborhood.
Teilprojekt „Stadt- und Quartiersentwicklung“
The "Urban and Neighborhood Development" sub-project, for which the City of Jena is responsible, aims to look at the societal and social aspects that can be relevant for the development of cities and neighborhoods in addition to the energy industry framework conditions. . The focus here is on the question of how the transformative process of the urban energy transition can be shaped in such a way that sustainable added value is created for the city and society.
Our energy future involves more than just technology. It is changing our everyday lives and our city, but also offers opportunities to help shape it. In the "Urban and district development" sub-project, we are investigating how these changes in Jena and its urban districts can be made resilient and liveable. In addition, we are also creating opportunities for active participation for citizens with the real-world laboratory of the energy transition in order to implement the energy transition together and sustainably.