Post by Patrick Jochem

Influence of climate change and extreme weather events on intermittent renewable power generation and electricity demand 💨 Last week, Wenxuan Hu, defended successfully his PhD KIT Wirtschaftswissenschaften this highly relevant topic. He scarved out the significance of considering uncertainties from climate change stronger in #EnergySystemsAnalysis. His contribution is threefold: 👉🏽 He illustrated that a higher spatial resolution for wind potentials is especially important for mountainous regions. His downscaling approach and provided #openData can be used by other researchers. 👉🏽 He argued for considering the change in electricity demand by temperature increase in #EnergySystemsAnalysis and developed Temperature Response Functions for many European Countries. 👉🏽 He analyzed 30 weather years and classified them in terms of extreme weather events. His insights for #EnergySystemsAnalysis is trendsetting as the impact from weather years on the results is significant and the creation of synthetic weather years is sophisticated. His three papers: 👉🏽 Hu, Wenxuan, Yvonne Scholz, Madhura Yeligeti, Lueder von Bremen, and Ying Deng (2023), Downscaling ERA5 wind speed data: A machine learning approach considering topographic influences. Environmental Research Letters, 18(9), 094007. https://lnkd.in/efaXQwiD 👉🏽 Hu, Wenxuan, Yvonne Scholz, Madhura Yeligeti, Ying Deng, and Patrick Jochem (2024), Future electricity demand for Europe: Unraveling the dynamics of the Temperature Response Function, Applied Energy, 368, 123387. https://lnkd.in/ePd9ftmF 👉🏽 Hu, Wenxuan, Yvonne Scholz, Madhura Yeligeti, Eugenio Salvador Arellano Ruiz, and Patrick Jochem (in review), Robustness of cost-optimal energy system designs: The role of short-term extreme weather events and dispatchable generation. Solar Energy. Thank you Oliver Grothe, Fabian Krüger, Benjamin Scheibehenne and Yvonne Schulz and all colleagues of DLR-Institut für Vernetzte Energiesysteme as well as IIP - Institut für Industriebetriebslehre und Industrielle Produktion, KIT for your support!