Clim2Power

Translating climate data into power plants operational guidance

ERA4CSClimate services

Clim2Power is developing a climate service that integrates seasonal climate forecasts into
decision-making in the electricity sector. The project aims to “climate-proof” the current
European electricity system by ensuring that energy and power models respond to climate
variability. Cutting-edge seasonal forecasts, down-scaled and coupled with stochastic
power system models, will be used to estimate the impact of seasonal climate conditions
on renewable electricity generation and heating and cooling demand. The climate service,
co-developed with stakeholders in an iterative process, will be available as a public web
service, creating usable information for end users within climate, environment, energy and
water industries.

The Clim2Power web Climate Servicesupports better decision-making in the energy sector and is being co-developed with end-users. The most relevant indicators are, for each EU-country: electricity generated from Renewable Energy Sources, g CO2/kWh, and variation in electricity costs.
Potential end usersare involved in the creation of the Clim2Power climate service from start to end to ensure a useful and usable final product. User requirements were initially identified through a comprehensive online survey. European-level User Board meetings with stakeholders provide guidance for the development of the Clim2Power Climate Service, while complementary National User Board meetings address regional and country-specific needs.
Preliminary resultsshow that climate variability plays a significant role in the EU power system. These are particularly relevant in the long-term for carbon-neutral scenarios.

About

Two levels of climate service are being produced to make the project useful for society and policymakers: 1) operational information mainly targets power companies, namely seasonal climate decision-support information for the optimal operation of hydro, wind, and solar; and 2) investment decision information for policymakers, which focuses on long-term analysis. Power generation & trading companies, power system operators & regulators, power consumers, and water managers will particularly benefit from the outcome of the project through better decision-making, planning, and operation. The climate service will provide salient information that enables energy professionals to make better decisions in light of climate variability and climate change.

Sofia Simões

LPI of the project

My name is Sofia Simões and I have been using energy system models for supporting energy and climate policy making for around 14 years, at both the national and European level. These models are used for long-term energy analysis, typically 20 or 40 years into the future and assess the optimal deployment of new, renewable-based electricity technologies for mitigating CO2 emissions and climate change. However, these tools so far do not consider in detail how changes in climate patterns could affect the cost-effectiveness of renewable electricity power plants. Moreover, so far it has not been assessed what the combined effects will be for the whole power system in light of a changing climate affecting power demand and power plant operation. This was my main motivation leading to the development of the Clim2power project: making energy system models respond to climate variability and testing how climate-proof current European energy and climate policies are.

Project consortium

German Aerospace Centre
The NOVA School of Science and Technology
Eletricidade de Portugal
Deutscher Wetterdienst
Institute for Sustainable Economic Development
Institute of Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Wien Energie
Centre Observation, Impacts, Energie de MINES ParisTech
Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine
Luleå University of Technology
Association for the Research and Development of Sciences

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The NOVA School of Science and Technology (FCT NOVA) coordinates Clim2Power. FCiencias.ID carries out, supports, promotes and fosters research, development and service activities. The MINES ParisTech - ARMINES is involved in modeling, mathematical control, optimization and decision-making for addressing socio-economic needs of the economy and relate to energy systems and the electricity and carbon markets. Institute of Hydrology and Water Management (HyWa) is involved in low flow and flood risk management strategies, runoff prediction for hydropower management systems, or water management for tourism and snow production. The Institute for Sustainable Economic Development focuses on Austria and Europe but also integrate global and development perspectives, including scientifically-sound policy advice. MaREI, University College Cork (UCC), Ireland focuses on solving the main scientific, technical and socio-economic challenges across the marine and renewable energy sectors. Luleå University of Technology is active in research
related to bio-energy/bio-refinery technology, hydropower, wind power and how to make industry and society more energy efficient.
Germany’s National Meteorological Service (DWD) is responsible for meeting meteorological requirements arising from all areas of economy and society in Germany and carried out R&D for improving weather forecasts and warnings and climate services, including user-oriented adaption to climate change. ACTeon, from France, mobilizes skills in environmental sciences, economics, sociology, political sciences, environmental law and spatial planning. Eletricidade de Portugal (EDP) is a leader in value creation, innovation and
sustainability. Wien Energie is responsible for ensuring the reliable supply of electricity, natural gas and heating to the Greater Vienna metropolitan area. Project stakeholders included representatives from The European Environment Agency (EEA), World Energy &
Meteorology Council (WEMC), Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, Directorate General for Energy (DG Energy), Directorate General for Climate Action (DG Clima), European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), International Energy Agency
(IEA), Électricité de France (EDF), Directorate General for the Joint Research Centre (JRC).

Documents

The Clim2Power web-based Climate Service is now online http://viewer.webservice-energy.org/clim2power/index.html. The service allows users to access diverse outputs to support strategic decision-making in the European energy sector. Users can obtain information on impacts of both seasonal forecasts and climate projections on the interconnected European power sector, through quick charts, maps, and infographics with detailed support information. The webservice also provides downloadable data.

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ERA4CS

European Research Area for Climate Services

ERA-NET Cofund for Climate Services - This ERA-NET Consortium has been designed to boost the development of efficient Climate Services in Europe, by supporting research for developing better tools, methods and standards on how to produce, transfer, communicate and use reliable climate information to cope with current and future climate variability.

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