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Assessing the potential impact of climate change on the UK’s electricity network

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  • Lynsey McColl
  • Erika Palin
  • Hazel Thornton
  • David Sexton
  • Richard Betts
  • Ken Mylne

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We investigate how weather affects the UK’s electricity network, by examining past data of weather-related faults on the transmission and distribution networks. By formalising the current relationship between weather-related faults and weather, we use climate projections from a regional climate model (RCM) to quantitatively assess how the frequency of these faults may change in the future. This study found that the incidences of both lightning and solar heat faults are projected to increase in the future. There is evidence that the conditions that cause flooding faults may increase in the future, but a reduction cannot be ruled out. Due to the uncertainty associated with future wind projections, there is no clear signal associated with the future frequency of wind and gale faults, however snow, sleet and blizzard faults are projected to decrease due to a reduction in the number of snow days. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012

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  • Lynsey McColl & Erika Palin & Hazel Thornton & David Sexton & Richard Betts & Ken Mylne, 2012. "Assessing the potential impact of climate change on the UK’s electricity network," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 115(3), pages 821-835, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:climat:v:115:y:2012:i:3:p:821-835
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0469-6
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