{"id":23062,"date":"2016-08-16T11:03:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T10:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itrc3.wpengine.com\/?page_id=23062"},"modified":"2016-08-16T11:03:06","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T10:03:06","slug":"energy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/infrastructure\/energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the UK, we expect access to a reliable supply of energy at all times. The energy sector \u2013 generation, transmission and distribution \u2013 is evolving to maintain security of supply, to meet carbon reduction targets and to adapt to the impacts of a changing climate. As energy sector assets have long operational lifetimes, addressing these issues can be challenging.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theccc.org.uk\/uk-climate-change-risk-assessment-2017\/\">UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) 2017<\/a> identified the main climate risks to infrastructure as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>extreme rainfall events leading to river and surface water flooding<\/li>\n<li>coastal flooding and erosion<\/li>\n<li>drought leading to low water levels for abstraction<\/li>\n<li>weather-related disruption from storms and high winds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other risks include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>heat related damage to energy infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>forced reductions in energy transmission efficiency due to higher temperatures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Coastal sites are vulnerable to erosion and rising sea levels, while renewable energy targets present challenges as many renewable energy generation facilities are weather-dependent.<\/p>\n<p>Most sectors are dependent on the reliable provision of energy, while the energy sector relies on, for example, the ICT sector to allow control and communications. These interdependencies will increase in the future, adding complexity to risk analysis and the decision-making process.<\/p>\n<h2>Research projects<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/arcoes\/\">ARCoES<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 looking at the threats to energy supply from coastal flooding and erosion with particular emphasis on the UK nuclear energy sector and regional energy supply issues.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/aries\/\">ARIES<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 assessing the resilience of the UK gas and electricity systems to ensure a balance between changing patterns of demand and supply.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/clues\/\">CLUES<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 assessing the development of decentralised energy systems in urban areas in the light of national decarbonisation and urban sustainability goals<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/itrc\/\">ITRC \/ MISTRAL<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 considering the energy sector within the overall national infrastructure system looking at performance, risks and interdependencies.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/land-of-the-muscos\/\">Land of the MUSCos<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 to understand the current opportunities and barriers to Multiple Utility Service Companies development, and to realistically model the socio-technical systemic changes required for a true MUSCo expansion.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/liveable-cities\/\">Liveable Cities<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 delivering global and societal well-being through radical engineering solutions, while adhering to a low-carbon, resource secure future.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/lohcool\/\">LoHCool<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 investigating and developing strategies to reduce CO2 emissions from space heating and cooling in typical urban buildings, working in China and the UK.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/marius\/\">MaRIUS<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 developing a risk-based approach to managing drought and water scarcity in the UK, the project aims to understand drought impacts from household through to institutional level.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/realising-transition-pathways\/\">Realising Transition Pathways<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 exploring how to achieve a transition that addresses the simultaneous delivery of low carbon, secure and affordable energy services.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/resnet\/\">RESNET<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 analysing, at the national scale, climate-related changes in the reliability of the UK\u2019s electricity system and assessing adaptation options to enhance resilience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the UK, we expect access to a reliable supply of energy at all times. The energy sector \u2013 generation, transmission and distribution \u2013 is evolving to maintain security of supply, to meet carbon reduction targets and to adapt to the impacts of a changing climate. As energy sector assets have long operational lifetimes, addressing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/infrastructure\/energy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Energy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23060,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"arcc-2col-page.php","meta":[],"tags":[36,50],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23062\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}