A Framework for Assessing the Impact of Extreme Heat and Drought on Urban Energy Production and Consumption

Last updated on Feb 23, 2020

Goal: The major goals of this project include the development of an integrative methodology that (a) defines appropriate climate scenarios for city-scale extreme heat and drought events; (b) offers a framework to be used at the city scale to assess the impacts of extreme heat and drought on the two main elements of the modern electricity grid—consumption and production; and (c) describes a robust decision-making framework to prepare for extreme weather conditions in order to maintain a high level power grid reliability.

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

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Lance Manuel
Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation
Professor of Engineering

Publications

Greedy copula segmentation of multivariate non-stationary time series for climate change adaptation

Non-stationary climate data are often encountered in dealing with natural hazards, climate change and disaster reduction. With drought, …
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City-Scale Electricity Demand Forecasting using a Gaussian Process Model

Accurate and efficient power demand forecasting in urban settings is essential for making decisions related to planning, managing and …
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Projecting the Most Likely Annual Urban Heat Extremes in the Central United States

Climate studies based on global climate models (GCMs) project a steady increase in annual average temperature and severe heat extremes …
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Challenges in Determining Most Likely Future Urban Hot Temperature Extremes by Mid-Century for the Central US

Climate studies based on global climate models (GCMs) are projecting an overall steady increase in annual average temperature as well …
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