Overview

• Dresden’s draft maps where district heating versus decentralized solutions would go, targeting 30,000 additional apartments and 4,000 buildings connected by 2035.
• The city estimates €1.75 billion for network expansion plus about €2.26 billion for building‑level heating investments.
• District heating remains central in areas like Löbtau, while sparser zones such as the Ostragehege lean to heat pumps, supported by large heat pumps, waste heat, geothermal, electrode boilers, green hydrogen and planned heat storage at Nossener Brücke.
• Dresden begins outreach, including a September 29 Wärmewendedialog with livestream, with a Stadtrat vote on the plan expected in 2026.
• Halle presents its heat‑plan vision to residents for input, developed from local heat‑potential and infrastructure data with support from the Kompetenzzentrum Kommunale Wärmewende at dena.