Factoring Climate Resilience into the Design of Clean Power Infrastructures

The challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the catastrophic cold snap seen in Texas in February 2021, highlighted the need to ensure the built-in resilience of future energy systems and cope with a broader range of external shocks, including more variable and extreme weather patterns expected from climate change. This webinar will review scientific evidence suggests that global weather conditions are changing gradually but also that more sudden and extreme weather occurrences are to be expected in the future, threatening the entire energy infrastructure and the reliability of energy services. The electricity sector, which will act as a catalyst for an economy-wide transition to carbon neutral societies, is first in line. Power and grid operators are thus increasingly factoring in changing weather conditions and are investing in adaptation measures in anticipation of their exposure to future climate risks. This webinar will review climate resilience in the design of clean power infrastructures.