scholarly journals Effects of Climate Change in Electric Power Infrastructures

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Burillo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Electric Power

scholarly journals The influence of the global electric power system on terrestrial biodiversity

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (51) ◽  
pp. 26078-26084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Holland ◽  
Kate Scott ◽  
Paolo Agnolucci ◽  
Chrysanthi Rapti ◽  
Felix Eigenbrod ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Power System ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Electric Power System ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Total Contribution ◽  
Electric Power Sector ◽  
The Impact

Given its total contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, the global electric power sector will be required to undergo a fundamental transformation over the next decades to limit anthropogenic climate change to below 2 °C. Implications for biodiversity of projected structural changes in the global electric power sector are rarely considered beyond those explicitly linked to climate change. This study uses a spatially explicit consumption-based accounting framework to examine the impact of demand for electric power on terrestrial vertebrate biodiversity globally. We demonstrate that the biodiversity footprint of the electric power sector is primarily within the territory where final demand for electric power resides, although there are substantial regional differences, with Europe displacing its biodiversity threat along international supply chains. The relationship between size of individual components of the electric power sector and threat to biodiversity indicates that a shift to nonfossil sources, such as solar and wind, could reduce pressures on biodiversity both within the territory where demand for power resides and along international supply chains. However, given the current levels of deployment of nonfossil sources of power, there is considerable uncertainty as to how the impacts of structural changes in the global electric power system will scale. Given the strong territorial link between demand and associated biodiversity impacts, development of strong national governance around the electric power sector represents a clear route to mitigate threats to biodiversity associated with efforts to decarbonize society over the coming century.

Prospects for renewable energy to end-2017

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Energy Information Administration ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pull Out ◽  
The Us ◽  
Energy Information

Subject Prospects for renewable energy to end-2017. Significance On June 1, US President Donald Trump's administration announced its intent to pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Later that week, the US Energy Information Administration revealed in a report that renewables set a record of generating 10% of the country’s electric power in the month of March, highlighting that renewable energy has strong momentum that should carry it through shorter term policy fluctuations.

The Influence of External Climate Environment on Safe Operation of Power System

2014 ◽  
Vol 521 ◽  
pp. 423-428
Author(s):  
Ling Ling Pan ◽  
Feng Li ◽  
Sheng Chun Yang ◽  
Shu Hai Feng ◽  
Yong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Power System ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Electric Power Industry ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Weather Events

Frequency and severity of some extreme weather events are increasing, and weather can impact the power system and its components in a number of ways. This paper identifies key technical issues facing the electric power industry, related to global climate change. The technical challenges arise from: 1) impacts on supply and demand balance; 2) impacts on system operating strategies, and power generation scheduling; 3) impacts on power grid structure, and power infrastructure response to extreme weather events; and 4) impacts on operation parameters of power system. The objective of this paper is to facilitate continued discussion of power systemclimate change interactions. To this end, this paper identifies key issues relating to the interactions between the electric power industry and global climate change. These issues will not be resolved quickly, and it requires sustained attention if they are to be resolved successfully.

Prospects for renewable energy in 2017

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
The United States ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Tipping Point ◽  
Content Type

Subject Prospects for renewable energy in 2017. Significance The United States and China, the world’s two largest economies as well as the largest carbon emitters, announced their ratification of the Paris Agreement in September. Earlier this year, prices for renewable energy in select regions set historic lows below fossil-fired plants. Renewable energy seems to have passed the tipping point towards gradual adoption as the primary source of electric power while also hopefully preventing catastrophic climate change.

scholarly journals Assessment of projected temperature impacts from climate change on the U.S. electric power sector using the Integrated Planning Model®

Energy Policy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 524-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy S. Jaglom ◽  
James R. McFarland ◽  
Michelle F. Colley ◽  
Charlotte B. Mack ◽  
Boddu Venkatesh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Planning Model ◽  
Integrated Planning ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Electric Power Sector ◽  
Temperature Impacts ◽  
The U.S
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