Surface Water Thermal Energy Potential for Heat Storage in the Netherlands

Energy from surface water (EOW) data from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations describes the economically recoverable potential of thermal energy from watercourses and puddles. The dataset maps suitability classes for integrating this energy with Heat and Cold Storage Systems (WKO) within a 100-meter radius of water bodies. It is provided in PNG and WMS formats under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Site selection for heat pump installations based on described thermal energy suitability classes.
• Planning integrated water-energy systems based on the potential for water quality and supply benefits mentioned in the description.
• Modeling seasonal energy storage (summer to winter) based on the described temperature differentials and groundwater storage process.
• Regional energy potential analysis based on the mapped suitability within 100 meters of watercourses.

Strengths

• Defines clear suitability classes (moderately suitable, suitable, very suitable, excellently suitable) for assessment.
• Specifies a concrete spatial analysis radius of 100 meters from water bodies.
• Describes a specific technical process with temperature ranges (15-25 °C heat, -3 °C differential).
• Published by a government ministry (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties) under a permissive CC0-1.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Likely derived from geospatial and energy demand modeling.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Likely the Netherlands, inferred from the authoring ministry.