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Berlin District Heating Largely Restored After Lichterfelde Plant Fault

BEW says supply has stabilized; full restoration is expected within an hour.

Overview

  • A technical malfunction at the Heizkraftwerk Lichterfelde curtailed district heating in parts of southwest and western Berlin.
  • BEW listed Wilmersdorf Süd, Steglitz and Lichterfelde as the affected areas on its website.
  • The first outage notice appeared around 13:00, and repair crews were deployed immediately.
  • By late afternoon, BEW reported the issue was mostly fixed with only marginal restrictions and said no one was left without heating.
  • Officials have not identified the cause or quantified how many households were affected, and they gave no details on any electricity impacts.