Climate Change Impacts Quantification on the Domestic Side of Electrical Grid and Respective Mitigation Strategy across Medium Horizon 2030

Muhammad Mahad Malik, Syed Ali Abbas Kazmi (), Abdullah Altamimi (), Zafar A. Khan, Bader Alharbi, Hamoud Alafnan and Halemah Alshehry
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Muhammad Mahad Malik: U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), H-12 Campus, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Syed Ali Abbas Kazmi: U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), H-12 Campus, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Abdullah Altamimi: Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
Zafar A. Khan: Department of Electrical Engineering, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur AJK 10250, Pakistan
Bader Alharbi: Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
Hamoud Alafnan: Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Ha’il, Ha’il 55476, Saudi Arabia
Halemah Alshehry: Department of Educational Sciences and Design, College of Education, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-19

Abstract: Electrical grids are one of the major sources of emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), which are harmful to the environment because they contribute to global warming. As the geographical, environmental, political, and policy constraints are different, policies and research frameworks from developed countries cannot be used directly in developing countries. This paper suggests a completely integrated quantification approach (IQA) and sub-methodologies, such as SM1, SM2, and SM3, that consider the limitations, evaluates the effects, and suggest a way to deal with climate change problems on the power grid. From the perspective of renewable energy (RE) integration and GHG emissions (mainly CO 2 ), the proposed approach addresses the limitations in the policy framework extending to 2030. In addition, the effects of the changes in the ambient temperature, from 0.5 °C to 2 °C, have been examined for thermal power generation and transformers. Lastly, the proposed method considers how energy-efficient devices (EEDs) affect the residential load sector. The results show that households used 10.7% less energy and their costs decreased significantly. This work’s quantitative approach gives a specific way to reduce the carbon footprint of the electrical grid.

Keywords: electrical power grid; energy efficient devices; greenhouse gas emissions; integrated quantification approach; renewable energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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