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.
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August 2015
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August 01 2015
Climate change impacts on renewable electricity generation
Lucy Cradden, BE, PhD;
Lucy Cradden, BE, PhD
Research Fellow
Institute for Energy Systems, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Dougal Burnett, BEng, MSc, PhD;
Dougal Burnett, BEng, MSc, PhD
Research Fellow
Institute for Energy Systems, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Atul Agarwal, BE, MSc;
Atul Agarwal, BE, MSc
Research Associate
Institute for Energy Systems, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Gareth Harrison, BEng, PhD, CEng, MIET, SMIEEE
Gareth Harrison, BEng, PhD, CEng, MIET, SMIEEE
Bert Whittington Chair of Power Engineering
Institute for Energy Systems, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Received:
September 24 2014
Accepted:
April 29 2015
Online ISSN: 2053-0250
Print ISSN: 2053-0242
ICE Publishing: All rights reserved
2015
Infrastructure Asset Management (2015) 2 (3): 131–142.
Article history
Received:
September 24 2014
Accepted:
April 29 2015
Citation
Cradden L, Burnett D, Agarwal A, Harrison G (2015), "Climate change impacts on renewable electricity generation". Infrastructure Asset Management, Vol. 2 No. 3 pp. 131–142, doi: https://doi.org/10.1680/iasma.14.00034
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