MIDDEN: Dutch Manufacturing Industry Energy and Decarbonisation Data

The MIDDEN database from the PBL and TNO project contains aggregated information on the current energy and material consumption of the manufacturing industry in the Netherlands, along with possibilities for decarbonising its processes. It is structured into four sections: General Plant Data (GPD), Plant Configuration Data (PCD), Technology Characteristics (TC), and Commodity Data (CD). The dataset is published by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling industrial decarbonisation pathways based on aggregated plant and technology data.
• Analyzing sector-wide energy and material flows based on the commodity data section.
• Benchmarking technology characteristics for emissions reduction based on the technology specifications.
• Supporting policy analysis for manufacturing industry transitions based on the high-level plant configuration information.

Strengths

• Data is structured into four distinct logical sections (GPD, PCD, TC, CD) for clear organization.
• Explicitly designed to support collaboration between industry, policy makers, and the energy sector.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse and analysis.

Limitations

• Data is aggregated and based on public sources or calculations; it does not reflect actual situations at specific locations.
• Row count, column details, and last update date are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• No conclusions about individual industries or companies can be derived from this high-level dataset.

Provenance

Source

PBL and TNO via the MIDDEN (Manufacturing Industry Decarbonisation Data Exchange Network) project.

Collection Method

Aggregated from public sources and/or own calculations.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Netherlands