This year’s edition is also improved with new chapters on “National DH transition pathways”, which gather detailed information on the way the sector will develop in 10 selected countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Sweden and The Netherlands.

The local nature of district heating and cooling makes collecting data a challenging and complex exercise. Different data reporting practices and obligations across different countries using varying statistical methods reflect the fragmented nature of the district energy industry. Consequently, there is a lack of consistent, detailed and comparable data on district heating and cooling at European and international levels. The scarcity of available institutional data on district energy is even more apparent when compared with extensive data sets published regularly by Eurostat and the International Energy Agency on the power and transport sectors.

High quality, detailed statistics are fundamental for the district heating and cooling sector, at a time when some of the most crucial policy and investment decisions are being made to put the world on track of achieving climate‐neutrality.

The District Heating and Cooling market outlook is published as an online tool. This flexible format allows Euroheat & Power’s team to update the content whenever new policy and/or business developments occur.

DHC Market Outlook 2022