Act Three

Draw

Federal Award for Industrial Heat Recovery 2031 · Jury citation · Dresden-Nord

Since the end of May the site’s cooling towers have stood on standby. Not one megawatt goes to the sky. Heat that once rose from them now warms the city: the largest industrial contribution the Dresden network has ever received. The control strategy was developed in-house and commissioned without a single outside consultant. In the words of the site manager, Klaus Weber: “Our lines don’t go down.”