For a more accurate representation of the district heating sector in Germany, this PR integrates the DemandRegio data from the open ego project. The data is resolved on NUTS3 level and provides for each of the regions the household count for different heating technologies.
Egon data:
The count for households with access to district heating networks is used to correct the nodal urban central heat demands.
The change of the load distribution pattern can be observed in the following two plots:
For a more accurate representation of the district heating sector in Germany, this PR integrates the DemandRegio data from the open ego project. The data is resolved on NUTS3 level and provides for each of the regions the household count for different heating technologies. Egon data:
The count for households with access to district heating networks is used to correct the nodal urban central heat demands.
The change of the load distribution pattern can be observed in the following two plots:
On a nodal level, changes in urban central heat demand are balanced out by urban decentral heat demands.
The aggregate national district heating demand is preserved. Otherwise, the update of the district heating shares would lead to an increase in aggregate district heating demand, far above the district heat generation in 2020 (https://www.agfw.de/securedl/sdl-eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE3MTg2MjU4OTUsImV4cCI6MTcxODcxNTg5NSwidXNlciI6MCwiZ3JvdXBzIjpbMCwtMV0sImZpbGUiOiJmaWxlYWRtaW4vdXNlcl91cGxvYWQvWmFobGVuX3VuZF9TdGF0aXN0aWtlbi9IYXVwdGJlcmljaHRfMjAyMS9BR0ZXX0hhdXB0YmVyaWNodF8yMDIxLVN0YW5kLTIwMjMtMDcucGRmIiwicGFnZSI6NDM2fQ.83WGIsdsUA6mF-L9tStJJqoemOvHmzH4N_iRR_YN7eA/AGFW_Hauptbericht_2021-Stand-2023-07.pdf).
Without district heating demand preservation: