Management of Weather and Climate Risk in the Energy Industry

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxi

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2. Weather and Climate Fundamentals for the Energy Sector

   1. Weather, Climate, and the Energy Industry

      • John A. Dutton

      Pages 3-23

   2. Weather and Climate Predictions for the Energy Sector

      • Alberto Troccoli

      Pages 25-37

   3. Multi-Scale Projections Of Weather And Climate At The Uk Met Office

      • Carlo Buontempo, Anca Brookshaw, Alberto Arribas, Ken Mylne

      Pages 39-50

   4. Meteorology, Climate and Energy

      • Olivier LemaÎtre

      Pages 51-65

3. Policies for Information Transfer Between Weather/Climate and Energy Sectors

   1. Use of Indicators to Improve Communication on Energy Systems Vulnerability, Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change

      • Axel Michaelowa, HÈlÉne Connor, Laura E. Williamson

      Pages 69-87

   2. Climate Services for Development in Africa with a Potential Focus on Energy

      • Mohammed Sadeck Boulahya

      Pages 89-104

   3. Weather/Climate Services in Europe and Central Asia: A Key Tool for Energy Sector Adaptation to Climate Change

      • Jane Ebinger, Lucy Hancock, Vladimir Tsirkunov

      Pages 105-120

   4. Climate Risk Management for the Energy Sector in Africa: The Role of the African Development Bank

      • Sebastian Veit

      Pages 121-135

   5. Data Headaches

      • Mike Harrison, Alberto Troccoli

      Pages 137-147

   6. Communicating Information for Energy and Development

      • John Furlow

      Pages 149-163

   7. Requirements of Oil and Gas Operations for Climate Data, Information, Products and Services in the High Latitudes

      • Elena M. Akentyeva

      Pages 165-171

4. Energy Sector Practices, Needs, Impediments Including Current Weather/Climate Information Transfer to the Energy Sector

   1. Practices, Needs and Impediments in the Use of Weather/Climate Information in The Electricity Sector

      • Laurent Dubus

      Pages 175-188

   2. Large-Scale Variability of Weather Dependent Renewable Energy Sources

      • Lueder Von Bremen

      Pages 189-206

   3. Modelling and Forecasting Energy Demand: Principles and Difficulties

      • Martin Fischer

      Pages 207-226

   4. Can We Trust Long-Range Weather Forecasts?

      • Pascal J. Mailier

      Pages 227-239

   5. Storm Prediction Research and its Application to the Oil/Gas Industry

      • Lizzie S. R. Froude, Robert J. Gurney

      Pages 241-252

   6. Weather Sensitivity of Electricity Supply and Data Services of the German Met Office

      • Benno Rothstein, Guido Halbig

      Pages 253-266

   7. Water Management of a Thermal Power Plant — a Site Specific Approach Concerning Climate Change

      • Stefanie Greis, Jeannette Schulz, Ulrike Müller

      Pages 267-280

   8. Mathematical Programming Basis for Decision Making Using Weather and Climate Information for the Energy Sector

      • Oleg M. Pokrovsky

      Pages 281-303

Meteorological and climate data are indeed essential both in day-to-day energy management and for the definition of production and distribution infrastructures. For instance, the supply of electricity to users can be disturbed by extreme meteorological events such as thunderstorms with unusually strong winds, severe icing, severe cold spells, sea level elevation associated with storm surges, floods … To be protected against such events, it is not sufficient to act after they have taken place. It is necessary to identify their potential impacts precisely and assess the probability of their occurrence. This book shows that this can only be done through an enhanced dialogue between the energy community and the climate and meteorology community. This implies an in-depth dialogue between actors to define precisely what kind of data is needed and how it should be used. Météo-France has been in long-term cooperation with the energy sector, including the fields of electricity production and distribution. Drawing on this experience, it should be noted in this respect the importance of lo- term partnership between actors as exemplified here by the message of EDF.

• Hydropower
• Meteorology
• Oil and Gas
• RM
• Risk Management
• Scale
• Snow
• Storm
• Weather
• climate change
• climate change mitigation
• development
• Climate change management

• University of Reading, Reading, UK

  Alberto Troccoli

• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research, Organisation (CSIRO), Pye Laboratory, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia

  Alberto Troccoli

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