Bioenergy plants’ potential for contributing to heat generation in Germany

Table 11 Total network length, distance of BEP to first potential customer and resulting network length factor of 20 existing DHNs fueled by heat generated from biomass in Germany

Number	Reference	Total network length (L_tot.) (m)	Linear distance of BEP to first potential customer (D)(m)	Network length factor (NLF)
1	[61]	600	14	42.86
2	[54]	1200	16	75.00
3	[62]	7200	30	240.00
4	[64]	2100	34	61.76
5	[65]	2300	40	57.50
6	[56]	1900	434	4.37
7	[60]	1300	50	26.00
8	[58]	1400	65	21.54
9	[66]	450	68	6.62
10	[67]	3600	68	52.94
11	[58]	1160	90	12.89
12	[58]	505	90	5.61
13	[65]	7500	105	71.43
14	[57]	5000	115	43.48
15	[59]	2700	70	38.57
16	[55]	1700	210	8.10
17	[65]	6000	230	26.09
18	[65]	3500	290	12.07
19	[63]	9720	430	22.60
20	[67]	3500	485	7.22
\( \mathrm{NLF}=\frac{L_{\mathrm{tot}.}}{D} \)			Mean	41.83
\( \mathrm{NLF}=\frac{L_{\mathrm{tot}.}}{D} \)			Median	26.1

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