Heat chart 2019 — Heat demand density small consumers

The ‘Warmtekaart Vlaanderen 2019’ was commissioned by the Flemish Energy and Climate Agency to implement the EU Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency and the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001. The main products are maps for 2019 for the territory of Flanders showing the heat demand of large consumers and small consumers, results at the level of municipalities and statistical sectors, maps of existing and planned heat networks and finally locations of potential heat supply points. The study was conducted by VITO in cooperation with the distribution system operator Fluvius. You can consult the accompanying report here: https://www.energiesparen.be/warmtekaart The heat demand density per substrate segment shall be represented by colouring of road segments on the map and displayed for energy consumers with an annual heat demand of less than or equal to 200 MWh. The exact heat demand for these energy users is mapped and is aggregated to the level of at least 5 consumption addresses for privacy reasons. Heat demand has been calculated on the basis of Fluvius gas and electricity consumption data and estimates of average biomass and fuel oil consumption from the Energy Balance. The heat demand density expresses the total heat demand per substrate segment in relation to the length of the paved roads as defined in the map layer Road connections of the GRB. The heat demand shall be mapped at the adjacent road segment. The road links of the GRB were initially divided into 10 m segments and then taken together where necessary to reach the minimum of 5 consumption addresses. Empty segments were also eligible but a maximum extension of 200 m was foreseen here. Where it was not feasible to reach a cluster of at least 5 consumers, the consumption addresses are assigned to a confidential road segment to be treated. These confidentially treated segments account for only 1.8 % of the total number of small consumers and 3.2 % of the heat demand of small consumers. In addition to the total heat demand per segment and the heat demand density, expressed per length of the road segment, this map layer also contains the following information: electricity consumption, gas consumption, number of consumption addresses, number of EAN electricity and EAN gas and number of consumption addresses with a PV installation. It should be noted that a consumption address refers to a connection point in Fluvius’s network and may therefore include several residential units in some cases. For more background information, please refer to the report of the heat map.