WKO Systems: Existing Groundwater Heat-Cold Storage Sites in Groningen Province

Groundwater-based heat-cold storage systems in the Dutch province of Groningen, documented to reduce fossil fuel use. The dataset is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark license. Data files include geospatial service formats (WFS, WMS) and a JPEG image.

Use Cases

• Map existing geothermal energy infrastructure based on the described WKO system locations.
• Model spatial constraints for new installations based on the described interference between nearby systems.
• Assess regional potential for fossil fuel reduction based on the described groundwater heat-cold storage technology.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
• Released under a permissive CC-PDM-1.0 license, allowing broad reuse.
• Includes multiple geospatial service formats (WFS, WMS) for interoperability.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Province of Groningen, Netherlands