How sensitive is a carbon-neutral power sector to climate change? The interplay between hydro, solar and wind for Portugal

Patrícia Fortes, Sofia G. Simoes, Filipa Amorim, Gildas Siggini, Valentina Sessa, Yves-Marie Saint-Drenan, Sílvia Carvalho, Babar Mujtaba, Paulo Diogo and Edi Assoumou

Energy, 2022, vol. 239, issue PB

Abstract: Climate change will impact renewable resources and electricity demand, usually not jointly considered when designing future decarbonized power systems. This paper assesses how sensitive the Portuguese carbon-neutral power sector is to climate change by 2050 and what are the implications for the formally approved Portuguese Carbon Neutrality Roadmap.

Keywords: Power system; Future climate variability; Renewables; Technologies capacity factors; Carbon neutrality; TIMES model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.122106

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