Input of heat pressure dataset contains delta heat values from warm water discharge of

- Discharge of warm water from nuclear power plants

- Fossil fuel energy production.

The Discharge of warm water from nuclear power plants was requested from HELCOM Contracting Parties. Average temperature change of the cooling water (°C) and amount of cooling water (m3) was used to calculate the heat load in TWh.

No data on heat load was available for the Leningrad nuclear power plant; therefore the average heat load (TWh) of discharge of warm water from nuclear power plants was given.

No heat load information was available for fossil fuel energy production sites. Heat load of 1 (TWh) was given to all production sites, based on average heat load of individual production site in Helsinki from recent years.

1 km buffer was used for both datasets with steep decline around the outlet. Overlapping areas were summed.

Heat load from both layers were summed and the layer was normalized.