A heat transfer station (2, 3, 4, 5) for transferring heat from a supplier's heat network including a first heat carrying fluid to a customer's heat network including a second heat carrying fluid, comprising: a thermodynamic cyclic process device including a working medium, in particular an ORC device including an organic working medium, the thermodynamic cyclic process device comprising: a first heat exchanger configured as an evaporator for preheating, evaporating and optionally additionally superheating the working medium while supplying heat from the first fluid, an expansion engine for generating mechanical energy by expanding the vaporized working medium, a generator coupled to the expansion engine for at least partially converting the mechanical energy into electric energy, a second heat exchanger configured as a condenser for condensing and optionally additionally deheating and/or optionally additionally supercooling the expanded working medium and transferring heat energy from the expanded working medium to the second fluid, and a feed pump for feeding the condensed working medium to the evaporator while increasing the pressure; characterized in that the heat transfer station (2, 3, 4, 5) is configured to use the electric energy at least partially for operating the customer's heating network, in particular a heating system on the customer's side. a thermodynamic cyclic process device including a working medium, in particular an ORC device including an organic working medium, the thermodynamic cyclic process device comprising: a first heat exchanger configured as an evaporator for preheating, evaporating and optionally additionally superheating the working medium while supplying heat from the first fluid, an expansion engine for generating mechanical energy by expanding the vaporized working medium, a generator coupled to the expansion engine for at least partially converting the mechanical energy into electric energy, a second heat exchanger configured as a condenser for condensing and optionally additionally deheating and/or optionally additionally supercooling the expanded working medium and transferring heat energy from the expanded working medium to the second fluid, and a feed pump for feeding the condensed working medium to the evaporator while increasing the pressure; a first heat exchanger configured as an evaporator for preheating, evaporating and optionally additionally superheating the working medium while supplying heat from the first fluid, an expansion engine for generating mechanical energy by expanding the vaporized working medium, a generator coupled to the expansion engine for at least partially converting the mechanical energy into electric energy, a second heat exchanger configured as a condenser for condensing and optionally additionally deheating and/or optionally additionally supercooling the expanded working medium and transferring heat energy from the expanded working medium to the second fluid, and a feed pump for feeding the condensed working medium to the evaporator while increasing the pressure; characterized in that the heat transfer station (2, 3, 4, 5) is configured to use the electric energy at least partially for operating the customer's heating network, in particular a heating system on the customer's side.