Grid operators plan for a severe climate future
Electricity networks are buckling under the impact of increasingly frequent and severe climate events. Given the amount of climate change already locked into the atmosphere, this is an issue that will only worsen, forcing assets and infrastructure to adapt. The tools to deal with the problem are available—but it will take a lot of money and political will to avert disaster
Grid operators are waking up to the need for greater infrastructure resilience as climate change increases the severity of weather events
CLIMATE CHALLENGE Today’s grids were not built for a warming climate where high-intensity weather events are commonplace
RESILIENCE REQUIRED Grid operators are starting to distinguish between reliability and resilience—and to plan for the latter
KEY QUOTE The precise implications of future weather patterns have not been fully studied or planned for ...
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