Universität zu Köln

Weber, Juliane, Wohland, Jan, Reyers, Mark, Moemken, Julia, Hoppe, Charlotte, Pinto, Joaquim G. and Witthaut, Dirk (2018). Impact of climate change on backup energy and storage needs in wind-dominated power systems in Europe. PLoS One, 13 (8). SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

The high temporal variability of wind power generation represents a major challenge for the realization of a sustainable energy supply. Large backup and storage facilities are necessary to secure the supply in periods of low renewable generation, especially in countries with a high share of renewables. We show that strong climate change is likely to impede the system integration of intermittent wind energy. To this end, we analyze the temporal characteristics of wind power generation based on high-resolution climate projections for Europe and uncover a robust increase of backup energy and storage needs in most of Central, Northern and North-Western Europe. This effect can be traced back to an increase of the likelihood for long periods of low wind generation and an increase in the seasonal wind variability.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Weber, Juliane UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wohland, Jan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Reyers, Mark UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Moemken, Julia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hoppe, Charlotte UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pinto, Joaquim G. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Witthaut, Dirk UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-176123
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0201457
Journal or Publication Title:	PLoS One
Volume:	13
Number:	8
Date:	2018
Publisher:	PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN FRANCISCO
ISSN:	1932-6203
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ELECTRICITY DEMAND; FUTURE CHANGES; POTENTIALS; CORDEX; SPEED; CMIP5 Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/17612