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In order to identify different, representative, typical cases for further analysis of the costs and potentials for district heating in the country/region of interest Hotmaps provides various default data layers in the Hotmaps database as well as different Calculation Modules (CMs). Also, own data can be uploaded and used. This identification procedure can consist of the following steps:
The following figure shows this procedure graphically and shows the various data sources and calculation modules that can be used.
Figure: Identification of different representative, typical cases for district heating (Step 1)
In the following subchapters, the different steps in this procedure are described in more detail.
The first step in the analysis is to generate future heat demand and floor area density maps for your region/country of interest. You can use data developed in the course of the Hotmaps project for all EU-28 countries (Hotmaps default data, available in the Hotmaps database), or you can use other heat demand density maps for your region/country of interest.
The developed heat demand and floor area density maps are further used in the subsequent steps in other Calculation Modules (CMs).
After developing possible future scenarios of heat demand and floor area density maps for the city/area of interest, potential district heating cities/areas can be identified. This can be done using the CM - District heating potential areas: user-defined thresholds according to the following steps:
The analysis cities/areas potentially interesting for district heating follows the process explained in the Guideline: Hotmaps toolbox on local level:
The data collected in the two previous steps can be used to define different types of representative, typical district heating (DH) areas in the region/country of interest. Regions/cities with similar dimensions and combinations of total heat demand, average heat demand density, and potentials for renewable energy and excess heat can be grouped.
Possible indicators for grouping of typical district heating areas:
For each of the developed groups of typical DH areas, then one or several representative cities/regions can be selected and further analysed. These can serve as representative case studies.
Last edited by web, 2020-09-30 11:29:36