The risks of global heating to energy systems and energy security

Hughes L, de Jong M (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Sustainability MDPI

Book Volume: 13

Article Number: 10308

Journal Issue: 18

DOI: 10.3390/su131810308

Abstract

As recent events have shown, global heating is increasing the risk to many sectors of soci-ety, from agriculture to the built environment, to transportation. The energy security of most energy systems, regardless of their size, is also at risk from the effects of global heating: The reliable supply of power to end users can be threatened by extreme weather events affecting transformers and transmission and distribution networks. It can also be a threat to generators that are vulnerable to unpredictable supplies of water, such as thermal or hydroelectric generation facilities. In this paper, we use an energy security methodology to examine some of the possible climate risks to the supply of power from hydroelectricity produced by one of western Canada’s electricity suppliers. The work is of particular interest because it shows how the increasing number of heatwaves that are affecting parts of western Canada and the Pacific Northwest could affect electricity supply in some western Canadian provinces and northern U.S. states.

Authors with CRIS profile

Moniek de Jong

Involved external institutions

Dalhousie University CA Canada (CA) Universiteit Gent (UGent) / Ghent University BE Belgium (BE)

How to cite

APA:

Hughes, L., & de Jong, M. (2021). The risks of global heating to energy systems and energy security. Sustainability, 13(18). https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810308

MLA:

Hughes, Larry, and Moniek de Jong. "The risks of global heating to energy systems and energy security." Sustainability 13.18 (2021).

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