Energocentrum in Bubenč and the transformation of the freight station: The state will help Prague with energy projects
“At the Ministry of Industry and Trade, we decided to help with these projects. We created together with representatives of the capital city of Prague working group and within it we came to the solution of problems that complicate the development of the described projects” said Síkela.
According to Hlaváček, the management of the Prague municipality wants reduce the city’s dependence on Russian gas supplies. “We want to combine the potential of sewage water, the potential of the Vltava and future improvements to the waste incinerator,” he said. Today, according to the square, 61 percent of heat sources in Prague are natural gas, 27 percent purchased heat and nine percent electricity. Three percent comes from other sources.
According to Hlaváček, Prague is now preparing construction of an energy center where sewage from the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant would be used. In the first phase, large-capacity heat pumps will be used, which will obtain thermal energy for supply to Juliska and Veleslavín in Prague 6 and Holešovice and Bubne in Prague 7. According to the deputy, Řepy and Západní Město should be connected in the second phase. I am counting on the connection to the collector network and possible further expansion.
Freight station
According to the Deputy Mayor of Prague 3, Pavel Dobeš, the goal is to introduce energy-saving solutions for heating the buildings that were built in the Žižkov freight station area. An area of 60 hectares should be developed. Prague is now preparing the necessary changes to the spatial plan. In the area of the railway station, which has been a cultural monument since 2013, according to Dobeš, in the future there should be cultural and social spaces, including the headquarters of the National Film Archive, two new elementary and five kindergartens, a polyclinic and residential facilities for the elderly. Development companies such as Sekyra Group, Central Group and Penta Real Estate want to build apartment buildings and commercial premises there. The new urban district is designed for up to 23,000 inhabitants.
The station was built between 1931 and 1935 and ceased to function in 2002. The fate of the Žižkov Freight Station has been debated for years. it was originally supposed to give way to construction, but after pressure from activists, the demolition was cancelled.
According to Síkela, it is consumed in Europe 40 percent of energy for heating buildings. According to him, energy consumption for heating in the Czech Republic is the highest in Europe. At the same time, the Czech Republic imports most of its gas from Russia, and according to Síla, the government is therefore preparing to overcome the energy crisis, among other things, the development of community energy, multi-source support for the development of heat pumps and support for energy consulting on how to reduce individual consumption.
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Ministry of Industry and Trade Jozef Síkela (for STAN).
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