Heat map 2019 – Heat demand density per municipality

The ‘Flanders heat map 2019’ was prepared on behalf of 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 the large and small consumers, results at the level of municipalities and the statistical sectors, maps of existing and planned heat networks and finally locations of potential heat supply points. The study was carried out by VITO in cooperation with the distribution system operator Fluvius. The related report can be consulted here: https://www.energiesparen.be/warmtekaart. The heat demand density per municipality expresses the total heat demand per municipality in relation to the length of the paved roads as defined in the GRB Road connections map layer. The heat demand per municipality was achieved by combining the exact heat demand of all small consumers with the exact heat demand of the large consumers connected to the Fluvius net. For the remaining large consumers (from the IMJV report), heat demand was estimated on the basis of the known range. The heat demand has been calculated on the basis of Fluvius gas and electricity consumption data, the gas consumption in the IMJV reporting and by-estimates of the average biomass and fuel oil consumption from the Energy Balance Sheet. In addition, for consumers connected to the Fluvius grid, this map layer also includes municipal figures on electricity consumption, gas consumption, number of EANs for electricity and gas and finally an estimate of the share of households with a fuel oil/biomass installation. For more background information, please refer to the report of the heat map.