Derivation of priority measures for the adaptation of the energy systems due to climate change

01.05.2008 - 30.04.2010
Research funding project
Immediate and effective measures for GHG mitigation in all parts around the globe are absolutely essential for sustaining a world worth living. Meanwhile, this fact is accepted widely, not only within the scientific community. However, climate change happens. Even in the most optimistic GHG reduction scenarios with immediate realisation of mitigation measures, the impact of climate change will hit our society substantially. The main target of this research project is to identify possible impacts of climate change on the energy system in a dynamic context up to 2050 and to derive high priority measures for adapting the energy system on climate change. Our methodological approach consists of five steps: First, we will prepare the climatological data. For this purpose, the results of various climate change scenarios, which have been developed by the consortium in previous studies, will be refined and prepared. The approach of ranges of results as well as episodes will be applied in order to deal with uncertainties. Second, we will derive the impact on hydrology as well as on the agricultural and forestry biomass potentials. Third, we will investigate the impact on the Austrian energy system that will be modelled by a bottom-up-approach. This approach is based on a dynamic model of the stock, renewal and replacement of buildings, heating and cooling systems as well as power plants on an annual basis up to the year 2050. Fourth, we will identify adaptation measures for the investigated areas and we will discuss possible impact of these measures. Fifth, we will derive a priority list as well as an implementation strategy for those measure and technology portfolios. For this purpose, we will apply a participatory approach, whose core will be the discussion process within the advisory board of the project. Main criteria for the implementation of the priority list of adaptation measures as well as of the implementation strategy is to achieve synergies with other measures in the energy system as well as a simultaneous GHG mitigation and adaptation effect.

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Grant funds

  • FFG - Österr. Forschungsförderungs- gesellschaft mbH (National) Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)

Keywords

GermanEnglish
Biomassebiomass
20502050

External partner

  • Universität für Bodenkultur - Institut für Meteorologie und Physik
  • Universität für Bodenkultur, Institut für Wasserwirtschaft, Hydrologie und konstruktiven Wasserbau
  • Universität für Bodenkultur - Institut für Waldbau

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