Climate change impacts on renewable electricity generation

Lucy Cradden; Dougal Burnett; Atul Agarwal; Gareth Harrison

doi:10.1680/iasma.14.00034

Climate change impacts on renewable electricity generation

Lucy Cradden, Dougal Burnett, Atul Agarwal, Gareth Harrison

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The generation of renewable energy is strongly related to climate and could be vulnerable as the climate changes in the coming decades. The assessment of the potential risks is a new and evolving area of science. In light of the rapid pace of development and more prominent contribution of renewables to UK electricity generation, this work presents a summary of the current state of knowledge in the field and highlights some of the critical parameters and areas of uncertainty. An assessment of potential changes in the levelised cost of energy is presented, with the caveat that this is entirely based on existing data, which in some cases are highly uncertain. The areas of critical research for both understanding climate and engineering for adaptation are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	131-142
Number of pages	12
Journal	Infrastructure Asset Management
Volume	2
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1680/iasma.14.00034
Publication status	Published - 31 Aug 2015

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Weather
power stations (non-fossil fuel)
energy

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Adaptation and Resilience in Energy Systems (ARIES)
Harrison, G., Chick, J., Essery, R., Kerr, A. & Venugopal, V.
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1/11/11 → 31/10/15
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A Climate Change Report Card for Infrastructure: Energy: Renewable Generation
Cradden, L. C., Agarwal, A., Burnett, D. & Harrison, G., Mar 2016, Swindon: Living with Environmental Change (LWEC) Partnership.
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- School of Engineering - Bert Whittington Chair of Power Engineering
- Global Environment and Society Academy
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