Advancing climate services for the European renewable energy sector through capacity building and user engagement

Goodess, C. M.; Troccoli, Alberto; Acton, C.J.; Añel, Juan Antonio; Bett, Philip E.; Brayshaw, David; Felice, Matteo De; Dorling, Stephen; Dubus, Laurent; Penny, Lesley; Percy, Barbara; Ranchin, Thierry; Thomas, Claire; Trolliet, Mélodie; Wald, Lucien

doi:10.1016/j.cliser.2019.100139

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“…Despite the fact that this collaborative and interactive approach, often referred to as co-production or co-design, has become quite popular in recent years in the context of climate services, it is still generally ambiguous (e.g., Goodess et al (2019)). The idea of co-production of useful climate information is often pursued quite loosely, without strict definitions, frameworks or strategies (e.g., Vincent et al (2018)).…”

Section: F Extending Collaboration Beyond Academiamentioning

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The Importance of Weather and Climate to Energy Systems: A Workshop on Next Generation Challenges in Energy–Climate Modeling

Bloomfield

Gonzalez

Lundquist

et al. 2021

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

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Section: F Extending Collaboration Beyond Academiamentioning

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The Importance of Weather and Climate to Energy Systems: A Workshop on Next Generation Challenges in Energy–Climate Modeling

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Gonzalez

Lundquist

et al. 2021

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

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“…Hence, the systemic efficiency of wind and solar power critically depends on the installed capacity for electricity storage, interactions between the different sources of power on the electricity market, and the flexibility of other sources, including both conventional energy conversion technologies and other renewables. To ensure the robust and sustainable supply and demand while facing an uncertain climatic future, requires efficient cross-technology integration and, in turn, close collaboration and communication between end-users and climate service/data providers [6][7][8] in order to mediate imminent challenges such as data accessibility, formats and commercial interests [9]. Non-technological barriers include political, social and legal challenges [10,11], but are all outside the scope of this study.…”

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Climate Services for Renewable Energy in the Nordic Electricity Market

Halsnæs

Bay

Kaspersen

et al. 2021

Climate

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To limit global warming to less than 2 °C requires a low-carbon transition with very large shares of renewables. Options such as wind, solar and hydro are influenced by both short and longer-term weather and climate variability. While still subject to natural and anthropogenic climate forcing and fluctuating energy prices, water reservoirs can dually operate as storage and production facilities and serve to balance the more volatile production capacity from solar and wind. This paper assesses the dynamics and demands of the hydro-dominated Nordic electricity system and market and identifies untapped potential for climate services based on a combination of literature-based research, documented stakeholder needs and data sources on historical and future conditions. A critical need for both improving the appropriateness and reliability of existing climate services and for developing new tailored solutions for a broader group of stakeholders from the renewable energy sector in the Nordics is observed. The quantification of uncertainties related to short-term weather forecasts and longer-term climate predictions is also found to be important for minimizing the financial risk in relation to systems management and to overall investments in renewable energy.

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“…It is interesting to note the need for and advantages of cloud computing technologies in the increasing framework of climate services. When delivering climate data and information to stakeholders, one of the main issues is the compatibility of formats [21] and IT infrastructure between the provider (for example, a national weather service) and the client. The use of cloud computing as a shared platform between the two parties could help to solve such problems.…”

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Cloud Computing for Climate Modelling: Evaluation, Challenges and Benefits

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Añel²,

Wallom

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Cloud computing is a mature technology that has already shown benefits for a wide range of academic research domains that, in turn, utilize a wide range of application design models. In this paper, we discuss the use of cloud computing as a tool to improve the range of resources available for climate science, presenting the evaluation of two different climate models. Each was customized in a different way to run in public cloud computing environments (hereafter cloud computing) provided by three different public vendors: Amazon, Google and Microsoft. The adaptations and procedures necessary to run the models in these environments are described. The computational performance and cost of each model within this new type of environment are discussed, and an assessment is given in qualitative terms. Finally, we discuss how cloud computing can be used for geoscientific modelling, including issues related to the allocation of resources by funding bodies. We also discuss problems related to computing security, reliability and scientific reproducibility.

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Advancing climate services for the European renewable energy sector through capacity building and user engagement

Cited by 29 publications

References 35 publications

The Importance of Weather and Climate to Energy Systems: A Workshop on Next Generation Challenges in Energy–Climate Modeling

The Importance of Weather and Climate to Energy Systems: A Workshop on Next Generation Challenges in Energy–Climate Modeling

Climate Services for Renewable Energy in the Nordic Electricity Market

Cloud Computing for Climate Modelling: Evaluation, Challenges and Benefits

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