Integrating Climate Model Data into Power System Planning

Significant multiyear and multi decade variations in intermittent renewable resources hold major implications for power system investments. They have been using extensive hydrology data for many years to represent hydrological risks in their planni...

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Main Authors: Chattopadhyay, Debabrata, Jordan, Rhonda L.
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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GCM
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/24381669/integrating-climate-model-data-power-system-planning
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spelling okr-10986-217642021-04-23T14:04:05Z Integrating Climate Model Data into Power System Planning Chattopadhyay, Debabrata Jordan, Rhonda L. ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC DATA AVAILABILITY BALANCE BOTTOM LINE BRIQUETTES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE SCENARIOS CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATIC CHANGE CO COAL DEMAND FOR POWER DROUGHT EL NINO ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRIFICATION EMISSIONS ENERGY ACCESS ENERGY CENTER ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DATA ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY INVESTMENTS ENERGY MIX ENERGY RESOURCE ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SOURCES EVAPORATION FOREST FOREST RESIDUES FUEL FUELS GASEOUS FUELS GCM GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GENERATING CAPACITY GENERATION GENERATION CAPACITY GLOBAL ENERGY MIX GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GRID GRID INTEGRATION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEATING HEATING FUELS HOUSEHOLD ENERGY HYDRO POWER HYDRO RESOURCES HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY INVESTMENTS IN ENERGY LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LOAD SHEDDING METEOROLOGY MODERN WORLD NATURAL HAZARDS ONSHORE WIND PEAK DEMAND PELLETS PETROLEUM PETROLEUM GAS PIPELINE POWER POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION CAPACITY POWER MIX POWER SYSTEM POWER SYSTEM PLANNING POWER SYSTEMS PRECIPITATION PRIMARY ENERGY RAINFALL RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RENEWABLE RESOURCE RENEWABLE RESOURCES RENEWABLE_ENERGY SEA LEVELS SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR IRRADIANCE SOLAR RADIATION SOLAR RESOURCES SOLID FUELS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SUSTAINABLE_ENERGY TEMPERATURE TRADITIONAL BIOMASS WIND WIND CAPACITY WIND DATA WIND ENERGY WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL WIND POTENTIAL WIND POWER WIND RESOURCE WIND RESOURCES WIND SPEED WIND-POWER WINDS Significant multiyear and multi decade variations in intermittent renewable resources hold major implications for power system investments. They have been using extensive hydrology data for many years to represent hydrological risks in their planning. Climate model data are particularly suited for the assessment of longer-term variability. A good grasp of seasonal, multiyear, and multi decade trends is essential in assessing the economic merits of investments in renewable resources and the extent to which such resources can complement one other or may need to be backed up by further investments in nonrenewable sources. For instance, planners of hydro-dominated systems have learned to use risk-based criteria such as so-called 1-in-50-year drought coverage to deal with the risk posed by extremely dry years. That climate models can provide scenarios over several decades makes them equally applicable to wind and solar planning. Good-quality data generated by climate models - both historical and projected over decades are available for all countries at little or no cost. Such data can and should form part of power system planning, complementing more detailed, but expensive, renewable energy resource mapping and actual observations and measurements of wind, solar, and hydro power. 2015-04-21T18:27:56Z 2015-04-21T18:27:56Z 2015 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/24381669/integrating-climate-model-data-power-system-planning http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21764 English en_US Live Wire, 2015/43 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief India
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topic ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC DATA
AVAILABILITY
BALANCE
BOTTOM LINE
BRIQUETTES
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE SCENARIOS
CLIMATE SYSTEM
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CO
COAL
DEMAND FOR POWER
DROUGHT
EL NINO
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
ELECTRICITY DEMAND
ELECTRIFICATION
EMISSIONS
ENERGY ACCESS
ENERGY CENTER
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY DATA
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY INTENSITY
ENERGY INVESTMENTS
ENERGY MIX
ENERGY RESOURCE
ENERGY SECTOR
ENERGY SERVICES
ENERGY SOURCES
EVAPORATION
FOREST
FOREST RESIDUES
FUEL
FUELS
GASEOUS FUELS
GCM
GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL
GENERATING CAPACITY
GENERATION
GENERATION CAPACITY
GLOBAL ENERGY MIX
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
GRID
GRID INTEGRATION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HEATING
HEATING FUELS
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY
HYDRO POWER
HYDRO RESOURCES
HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
HYDROLOGY
HYDROPOWER
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
INVESTMENTS IN ENERGY
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
LOAD SHEDDING
METEOROLOGY
MODERN WORLD
NATURAL HAZARDS
ONSHORE WIND
PEAK DEMAND
PELLETS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM GAS
PIPELINE
POWER
POWER GENERATION
POWER GENERATION CAPACITY
POWER MIX
POWER SYSTEM
POWER SYSTEM PLANNING
POWER SYSTEMS
PRECIPITATION
PRIMARY ENERGY
RAINFALL
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RENEWABLE RESOURCE
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
RENEWABLE_ENERGY
SEA LEVELS
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR IRRADIANCE
SOLAR RADIATION
SOLAR RESOURCES
SOLID FUELS
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
SUSTAINABLE_ENERGY
TEMPERATURE
TRADITIONAL BIOMASS
WIND
WIND CAPACITY
WIND DATA
WIND ENERGY
WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL
WIND POTENTIAL
WIND POWER
WIND RESOURCE
WIND RESOURCES
WIND SPEED
WIND-POWER
WINDS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC DATA
AVAILABILITY
BALANCE
BOTTOM LINE
BRIQUETTES
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE SCENARIOS
CLIMATE SYSTEM
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CO
COAL
DEMAND FOR POWER
DROUGHT
EL NINO
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
ELECTRICITY DEMAND
ELECTRIFICATION
EMISSIONS
ENERGY ACCESS
ENERGY CENTER
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY DATA
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY INTENSITY
ENERGY INVESTMENTS
ENERGY MIX
ENERGY RESOURCE
ENERGY SECTOR
ENERGY SERVICES
ENERGY SOURCES
EVAPORATION
FOREST
FOREST RESIDUES
FUEL
FUELS
GASEOUS FUELS
GCM
GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL
GENERATING CAPACITY
GENERATION
GENERATION CAPACITY
GLOBAL ENERGY MIX
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
GRID
GRID INTEGRATION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HEATING
HEATING FUELS
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY
HYDRO POWER
HYDRO RESOURCES
HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
HYDROLOGY
HYDROPOWER
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
INVESTMENTS IN ENERGY
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
LOAD SHEDDING
METEOROLOGY
MODERN WORLD
NATURAL HAZARDS
ONSHORE WIND
PEAK DEMAND
PELLETS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM GAS
PIPELINE
POWER
POWER GENERATION
POWER GENERATION CAPACITY
POWER MIX
POWER SYSTEM
POWER SYSTEM PLANNING
POWER SYSTEMS
PRECIPITATION
PRIMARY ENERGY
RAINFALL
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RENEWABLE RESOURCE
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
RENEWABLE_ENERGY
SEA LEVELS
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR IRRADIANCE
SOLAR RADIATION
SOLAR RESOURCES
SOLID FUELS
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
SUSTAINABLE_ENERGY
TEMPERATURE
TRADITIONAL BIOMASS
WIND
WIND CAPACITY
WIND DATA
WIND ENERGY
WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL
WIND POTENTIAL
WIND POWER
WIND RESOURCE
WIND RESOURCES
WIND SPEED
WIND-POWER
WINDS
Chattopadhyay, Debabrata
Jordan, Rhonda L.
Integrating Climate Model Data into Power System Planning
geographic_facet India
relation Live Wire, 2015/43
description Significant multiyear and multi decade variations in intermittent renewable resources hold major implications for power system investments. They have been using extensive hydrology data for many years to represent hydrological risks in their planning. Climate model data are particularly suited for the assessment of longer-term variability. A good grasp of seasonal, multiyear, and multi decade trends is essential in assessing the economic merits of investments in renewable resources and the extent to which such resources can complement one other or may need to be backed up by further investments in nonrenewable sources. For instance, planners of hydro-dominated systems have learned to use risk-based criteria such as so-called 1-in-50-year drought coverage to deal with the risk posed by extremely dry years. That climate models can provide scenarios over several decades makes them equally applicable to wind and solar planning. Good-quality data generated by climate models - both historical and projected over decades are available for all countries at little or no cost. Such data can and should form part of power system planning, complementing more detailed, but expensive, renewable energy resource mapping and actual observations and measurements of wind, solar, and hydro power.
format Brief
author Chattopadhyay, Debabrata
Jordan, Rhonda L.
author_facet Chattopadhyay, Debabrata
Jordan, Rhonda L.
author_sort Chattopadhyay, Debabrata
title Integrating Climate Model Data into Power System Planning
title_short Integrating Climate Model Data into Power System Planning
title_full Integrating Climate Model Data into Power System Planning
title_fullStr Integrating Climate Model Data into Power System Planning
title_full_unstemmed Integrating Climate Model Data into Power System Planning
title_sort integrating climate model data into power system planning
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/24381669/integrating-climate-model-data-power-system-planning
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21764
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