Power-to-Heat – Our solution for your successful heat transition

With a power-to-heat plant, electricity from renewable energy sources can be efficiently converted into heat energy in a CO2-neutral manner. Whether for excess electricity usage of municipal utility grids, as feed-in to the district heating supply or as backup in the heating process: Kraftanlagen offers you the green solution for heat and steam generation with the help of a power-to-heat plant.

Find out why power-to-heat plants make an important contribution to the decarbonisation of industry in our best-of clip for Hannover Messe 2023.

Due to the expansion of renewable energies, there is increasingly large energy excess. With the help of power-to-heat plants, this previously unused electricity can be converted into green heat. In this context, the term “heat transition” is becoming increasingly important, because the shutdown of conventional thermal power plants eliminates large amounts of heat and steam that were previously produced in the power plants as waste heat.

The use of electrode boilers makes it possible to convert renewable electrical energy into heat and steam quickly, efficiently, and in large quantities. The electrode boiler is connected via a medium-voltage connection or transformer and can use submersible electrodes, a regulated water level, and the applied voltage to generate heat on demand in a compact manner.

Together with Parat, the world’s leading supplier of electrode boilers, we provide you with power-to-heat solutions from a single source integrated into an existing plant or on a greenfield site.

“The electrode boiler is the heart of every power-to-heat plant. With Parat, we have a powerful partner at our side who has been designing and developing electrode steam generators at the highest technical level for more than 20 years. Together with Parat, we have already been able to successfully implement 14 power-to-heat plants for our customers.”

Stefan PompHead of Department Renewable Energy Systems

Learn more about how a Parat high-voltage electric boiler works in the video from our partner Parat.

The possible applications of a power-to-heat plant

Advantages of the Parat electrode boiler

  • Compact design – up to 60 MW in one boiler
  • High pressure steam up to 85 bars
  • Hot water and steam generation combined in one boiler
  • From stand-by to full load in 5-15 minutes
  • From minimum to full load in 30 seconds
  • Wide loads range from 2 to 100
  • Zero-Load
  • Very high efficiency >>99%
  • Low ground currents
  • Wear-free electrodes
  • Low maintenance and servicing

Our services:

  • Feasibility and concept studies
  • Approval planning
  • Execution and detail planning,
  • Procurement of all components
  • Project management
  • Installation, construction supervision and commissioning
  • Individual maintenance and repair

Case study:

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Thun power-to-heat plant

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Would you like to flexibly produce CO2-free heat according to your needs?
We will be happy to inform you about the numerous possible applications of power-to-heat solutions.

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Would you like to flexibly produce CO2-free heat according to your needs?
We will be happy to inform you about the numerous possible applications of power-to-heat solutions.
Contact us

Contact us