Industrial areas (industrial parks) are highly diverse, featuring structures that have developed in different ways, buildings of different ages and businesses from different sectors, each with different energy and resource consumption patterns. Businesses in these industrial areas are increasingly looking for solutions that provide a secure, cost-effective, and stable supply of heat and electricity which meets environmental criteria and is sustainable in the medium to long term. The Ind-Supply project addresses this issue by developing a (preliminary) planning tool for municipalities and planners of industrial areas. This overall goal will be achieved through a series of intermediate steps:
1. First, a systematic review of optimal energy supply options for industrial areas with a focus on local heat supply in close cooperation with case studies in the Elgersweier industrial area near Offenburg, in Dortmund, and in Stuttgart.
2. Second, the development of a systematic and key figure-based classification of industrial and commercial archetypes for the transferability of case studies to other industrial areas.
3. Third, possible climate- and resource-optimized development paths will be identified, considering the techno-economic and ecological implications of (typical) industrial areas as well as those relating to the circular economy, taking into account future opportunities for electricity, heat, methane, and hydrogen supply.

Project Duration

January 2025 – December 2027

Funding

BMWE

Project Partners

greenventory GmbH
Prognos AG
Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart
Hochschule Karlsruhe HKA
Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE