Missing biomass data for Netherlands (NL)

[lithiumavenger]

Dear all,

I'm very new to Github and coding, but I noticed that for the Netherlands, biomass data is not visible on the map. It seems like coal + biomass data is combined and showed as coal. This results in a much higher calculated CO2 emission than if both were split, as NL uses a lot of biomass: (souces: https://energieopwek.nl and https://longreads.cbs.nl/the-netherlands-in-numbers-2020/how-much-energy-do-we-get-from-biomass/.

I think the biomass data are the sources used for ElectricityMap (https://energieopwek.nl provides live biomass electricity generation data), but there might be a mistake in that part of the code?

[VIKTORVAV99]

Hi and welcome to GitHub @lithiumavenger!

It looks like the data source for NL is a combination of https://energieopwek.nl/ and ENTSO-E transparency data and for biomass specifically ENTSO-E data is used. (I hope I got this right, the parser is a bit more complex as it uses two sources.)

Now ENTSO-E data comes from local TSOs (Transmission System Operators), I believe it is www.tennet.eu for NL, so if you believe there is a error in this data it would be best to contact ENTSO-E or Tennet (if that's the correct one) directly.

It might be possible switch to https://energieopwek.nl/ for NL biomass data though but I don't know what implications of that will be so I will leave that question for someone else.

[lithiumavenger]

Thanks for your response! In the ENTSO-E translarency data , biomass is indeed missing. I will contact Tennet about that. In the meantime, searching for a possibility to switch to Energieopwek as a source for biomass data would be more accurate. To be continued!

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ElectricityMap used Energieopwek data in the past, but it emerged they required a paid license