The heat transition is one of the major societal challenges of the coming years. The Actualisatie Startanalyse 2025 (PBL) provides an important foundation by identifying, for each neighbourhood, the heating solution with the lowest national costs – electric heat pumps, hybrid heat pumps or district heating. However, there are still many open questions about the factors that can shift these national costs.
Commissioned by Netbeheer Nederland and EBN, Common Futures has analysed how different system and project factors affect both the total national costs and the optimal mix of heating solutions for residential buildings in the Netherlands. The study focuses on factors for which limited data is currently available, but which can significantly influence decisions by governments, grid operators and policy-makers.
Publication and presentation of results
On Wednesday 10 December 2025, the report will be published and presented during a webinar hosted by Netbeheer Nederland. You can register for the webinar via the following link.