The BeRUN district heating reliability plant operated by MVV Grüne Wärme GmbH in Mannheim, a subsidiary of the energy company MVV, was constructed as part of the heat transition in order to ensure long-term security of supply for district heating during peak load conditions and in the event of potential outages of other generators.
The facility consists of two gas‑fired hot-water boilers, a gas pressure reduction station, and a district heating pump station for feeding heat into the district heating network. The compact two-pass boilers are each equipped with four natural gas front burners and are installed inside a boiler house.
The plant is designed to allow future retrofitting with an SCR system for emission reduction as well as a subsequent conversion to hydrogen.