Even if Russia cuts off gas supplies.
The tower, located on an industrial site near the banks of Berlin's Spree River, will provide heat to homes using a similar method to thermos flasks. It's roughly 150 feet tall and holds 14.8 million gallons of hot water.
"It’s a huge thermos that helps us to store the heat when we don’t need it," said Tanja Wielgoss, who heads the Sweden-based company's heat unit in Germany."And then we can release it when we need to use it." The facility cost taxpayers 50 million euros , and it will have a thermal capacity of 200 megawatts. The tank can keep water insulated for up to 13 hours and can meet most of Berlin's hot water needs during the summer. During winter, though, it will meet roughly 10 percent of Berlin's hot water requirements.The Berlin tower will have the double benefit of reducing reliance on Russian gas supplies and also reducing emissions used to heat water when needed.
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