El.Adapt
| Project name: | El.Adapt - Impacts of Climate Change and Adaptation in the Electricity Sector - The Case of Austria in a Continental European Context |
| Project leader: | Birgit Bednar-Friedl |
| Project team: | Birgit Bednar-Friedl (Senior Postdoc: project lead, macroeconomic modeling of impacts of and adaptation to climate change in the electricity sector, uncertainty analysis), Andreas Gobiet (Senior Postdoc: regional climate scenarios, uncertainty analysis), Olivia Koland (PhD student: macroeconomic and international trade effects of adapation in the electricity sector), Thomas Schinko (PhD student: project management, macroeconomic and international trade effects of adapation in the electricity sector), Matthias Themeßl (PhD student: regional climate scenarios and impact indicators), Christoph Töglhofer (PhD student: weather and climate sensitivity of electricity demand), Karl Steininger (Senior PostDoc: scientific supervision) |
| Partners: | Institute of Earth Science (University of Graz) Institute of Electricity Economics and Energy Innovation (Graz University of Technology) Centre for Economic and Innovation Research (Joanneum Research) |
Sponsor: | This project is sponsored by the Austrian Climate and Energy Funds in the frame of the "ACRP"-program |
| Duration: | Feb. 2011 - Mar. 2013 |
Abstract:
Power generation is not only an important source of carbon emissions, it is also vulnerable to the changed climatic conditions due to the growing share of renewables. Temperature increase will also lead to significant impacts on demand. As electricity is supplied to all other economic sectors, changes in e.g. electricity infrastructure affect the whole economy. This project investigates the climate change impacts on the electricity industry and the influence of adaptation strategies on the Austrian economy up to 2050. Due to the international linkage of the electricity sector, the analysis considers the European context. Based on highresolution climate change and hydrology scenarios, and an econometric demand model, a techno-economic electricity sector model (ATLANTIS) is coupled with a multi-country multisector CGE model. The uncertainties across models are addressed by a reliability analysis.
