Enhancing Power Sector Resilience : Emerging Practices to Manage Weather and Geological Risks

Enhancing Power Sector Resilience : Emerging Practices to Manage Weather and Geological Risks

Over the past twenty years, natural disasters have become more frequent, and the costs of associated damages and losses are rising. In 2012 alone, the 357 natural disasters recorded worldwide resulted in 9,655 fatalities, 125 million victims, and 1...

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Main Authors: Brown, Ray, Prudent‐Richard, Guillaume, O’Mara, Katrina
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
POWER
ENERGY
ELECTRICITY
TECHNOLOGY
POLICY
NATURAL HAZARDS
RISK MANAGEMENT
RESILIENCE
PREPAREDNESS
FINANCIAL PROTECTION
INSURANCE
RECOVERY
COMMUNICATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/469681490855955624/Enhancing-power-sector-resilience-emerging-practices-to-manage-weather-and-geological-risks
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spelling okr-10986-263822021-05-25T09:53:35Z Enhancing Power Sector Resilience : Emerging Practices to Manage Weather and Geological Risks Brown, Ray Prudent‐Richard, Guillaume O’Mara, Katrina POWER ENERGY ELECTRICITY TECHNOLOGY POLICY NATURAL HAZARDS RISK MANAGEMENT RESILIENCE PREPAREDNESS FINANCIAL PROTECTION INSURANCE RECOVERY COMMUNICATION Over the past twenty years, natural disasters have become more frequent, and the costs of associated damages and losses are rising. In 2012 alone, the 357 natural disasters recorded worldwide resulted in 9,655 fatalities, 125 million victims, and 157 billion US dollars in associated damages and losses. Far‐flung power infrastructure from upstream generation plants and transmission lines to downstream distribution networks and operational systems is particularly vulnerable to weather and geological events. Building a resilient power sector is likely to be particularly challenging in countries where the power supply system is weak or aging, which is the case in many developing countries. The World Bank Group’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), in collaboration with Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction, undertook this study to: (i) raise awareness and enhance understanding about managing extreme weather and geological risks among power sector stakeholders and (ii) enhance their capacity to take adaptive actions to mitigate these risks and cope with the impacts when disasters happen. The study catalogs the risks faced by the power sector as a result of weather and geological hazards; identifies and documents a range of emerging resilience standards; covers the entire power‐system value chain; and focuses on the present‐day concerns of vulnerable power utilities. 2017-04-17T22:00:41Z 2017-04-17T22:00:41Z 2016-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/469681490855955624/Enhancing-power-sector-resilience-emerging-practices-to-manage-weather-and-geological-risks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26382 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: ESMAP Paper
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en_US
topic POWER
ENERGY
ELECTRICITY
TECHNOLOGY
POLICY
NATURAL HAZARDS
RISK MANAGEMENT
RESILIENCE
PREPAREDNESS
FINANCIAL PROTECTION
INSURANCE
RECOVERY
COMMUNICATION
spellingShingle POWER
ENERGY
ELECTRICITY
TECHNOLOGY
POLICY
NATURAL HAZARDS
RISK MANAGEMENT
RESILIENCE
PREPAREDNESS
FINANCIAL PROTECTION
INSURANCE
RECOVERY
COMMUNICATION
Brown, Ray
Prudent‐Richard, Guillaume
O’Mara, Katrina
Enhancing Power Sector Resilience : Emerging Practices to Manage Weather and Geological Risks
description Over the past twenty years, natural disasters have become more frequent, and the costs of associated damages and losses are rising. In 2012 alone, the 357 natural disasters recorded worldwide resulted in 9,655 fatalities, 125 million victims, and 157 billion US dollars in associated damages and losses. Far‐flung power infrastructure from upstream generation plants and transmission lines to downstream distribution networks and operational systems is particularly vulnerable to weather and geological events. Building a resilient power sector is likely to be particularly challenging in countries where the power supply system is weak or aging, which is the case in many developing countries. The World Bank Group’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), in collaboration with Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction, undertook this study to: (i) raise awareness and enhance understanding about managing extreme weather and geological risks among power sector stakeholders and (ii) enhance their capacity to take adaptive actions to mitigate these risks and cope with the impacts when disasters happen. The study catalogs the risks faced by the power sector as a result of weather and geological hazards; identifies and documents a range of emerging resilience standards; covers the entire power‐system value chain; and focuses on the present‐day concerns of vulnerable power utilities.
format Working Paper
author Brown, Ray
Prudent‐Richard, Guillaume
O’Mara, Katrina
author_facet Brown, Ray
Prudent‐Richard, Guillaume
O’Mara, Katrina
author_sort Brown, Ray
title Enhancing Power Sector Resilience : Emerging Practices to Manage Weather and Geological Risks
title_short Enhancing Power Sector Resilience : Emerging Practices to Manage Weather and Geological Risks
title_full Enhancing Power Sector Resilience : Emerging Practices to Manage Weather and Geological Risks
title_fullStr Enhancing Power Sector Resilience : Emerging Practices to Manage Weather and Geological Risks
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing Power Sector Resilience : Emerging Practices to Manage Weather and Geological Risks
title_sort enhancing power sector resilience : emerging practices to manage weather and geological risks
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/469681490855955624/Enhancing-power-sector-resilience-emerging-practices-to-manage-weather-and-geological-risks
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