Construction of geothermal heating plant in Prenzlau, Germany to start in 2026
Field in Prenzlau, Germany (source: Leonhard Lenz, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Carlo Cariaga
28 Jan 2026
After successful drilling operations, construction work is expected to start later this year for the geothermal heating plant in Prenzlau, Germany.
With drilling work completed and ideal resource parameters verified, the city of Prenzlau in Germany is now preparing for the construction of the geothermal heating plant. Local utility Stadtwerke Prenzlau has announced that construction work is expected to start by the second half of 2026.
Drilling of the geothermal well in Prenzlau to a depth of 983 meters was completed in December 2025, as ThinkGeoEnergy reported. As expected by the developers, the thermal water hosted at the 50-meter-thick sandston reservoir are at temperatures of 42.6 C. The resource also supports a flowrate of 136 cubic meters per hour.
“We are very happy about this,” confirmed Maximilian Zingelmann, the company’s project manager.
The next step for the project would to prepare the tender for the supply of heat pump equipment, as well as the construction of the heating plant and pipelines. As reported earlier, the estimated total cost of the project is EUR 20.7 million, with about 60% of the investment going towards the geothermal plant. Stadtwerke Prenzlau has received a grant of EUR 8.3 million for the project from the Federal Funding Program for Efficient Heating Networks (Bundesförderung für effiziente Wärmenetze / BEW).
The municipal utility company assured residents that the investment would be worthwhile. When the project is completed, Prenzlau will have its own energy source that guarantees a secure supply and stable prices.
Source: Bundesverband Geothermie and Nordkurier
