Title
Adaptation and Resilience In Energy Systems (ARIES)

CoPED ID
0e7dabd3-62d1-418a-addb-b00b6b9c8731

Status
Closed

Funders

Value
£1,543,414

Start Date
Nov. 1, 2011

End Date
Oct. 31, 2015

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The energy supply sector is undergoing massive technological changes to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, the climate is progressively changing creating new challenges for energy generation, networks and demand. The Adaptation and Resilience in Energy Systems (ARIES) project aims to understand how climate change will affect the UK gas and electricity systems and in particular its 'resilience'. A resilient energy system is one that can ensure secure balance between energy supply and demand despite internal and external developments such as climate change. The physical changes in climate up to 2050 coincide with the energy sector moving towards a low-carbon future, with massive renewables targets, new smart grid infrastructure and more active demand management. As such, it is of importance to identify whether new technology and policy strategies for reducing emissions also imply changes in energy system resilience. A particular concern is that increasingly large renewable energy targets aimed at decarbonisation may create new vulnerabilities given the weather-dependency of renewable energy sources. With affordable, secure energy critical to the UK economy it is imperative to fully understand the risk posed by changing climate for the energy supply sector and its infrastructure. ARIES will develop new methods to model the impacts of climate changes on current and new energy generation technologies and understand its effect on gas and electricity demand. It will identify the impacts that these new supply and demand patterns have on energy system resilience and will suggest changes or adaptation that can 'build-in' resilience.


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Potential Impact:
The Adaptation and Resilience In Energy Systems (ARIES) consortium is setting out to understand the risks that climate change poses for the UK electricity and gas systems. We expect the impact of our work to be seen at three levels: The Science and Engineering In creating new knowledge and methods that move the science and engineering forwards across several related research areas including power engineering, climate science and built environment. To build expertise in a relatively new but important and complex research field and particularly to train young researchers to address complex multi-disciplinary problems. Energy Industry and Government To assist our energy industry and government partners understand the implications of changing weather on energy supply and demand and through a risk framework help them plan to maximise benefits and minimise risk of disruption and damage. For example, ARIES will help National Grid to identify specific threats and combinations of events that challenge their ability to supply energy securely and economically and to help them develop strategies that respond effectively to them. ARIES will help Scottish Power Renewables understand future renewable resource variability and change which is a major business risk for their wind and marine energy generation business. We will also work with the Scottish and UK Governments to ensure that the risks of climate change are full assessed and that, Government, on behalf of the people, can make sound decisions for our energy future based on the evidence available. The Public To deliver public benefit through minimising the physical and economic threats to energy supply which are an essential part of the modern economy. To raise awareness of the complex interactions between energy and climate and individuals' role in building a resilient society.

Subjects by relevance
  1. Climate changes
  2. Renewable energy sources
  3. Change
  4. Environmental effects
  5. Emissions
  6. Energy policy
  7. Energy
  8. Adaptation (change)
  9. Sustainable development
  10. Technological development
  11. Climate policy
  12. Climate protection
  13. Climatic effects
  14. Energy production (process industry)
  15. Greenhouse gases
  16. Effects (results)
  17. Technology
  18. Change of generation
  19. Interaction

Extracted key phrases
  1. New energy generation technology
  2. Energy supply sector
  3. Energy system resilience
  4. Large renewable energy target
  5. Marine energy generation business
  6. Climate change
  7. Renewable energy source
  8. Energy sector
  9. Secure energy critical
  10. Energy future
  11. Energy industry
  12. Massive technological change
  13. Physical change
  14. New supply
  15. Adaptation

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