TIRELESS: SusTaInable REnewabLe Energy SystemS and Climate Risk
About
The TIRELESS-project aims to design future sustainable energy systems that are based on variable renewable energy sources (i.e. wind and photovoltaic), and are resilient to extreme weather events. The project work is highly interdisciplinary combining the research fields of Energy System Modelling (Department of Technology Systems), Risk and Stochastics (Department of Mathematics) and Climate Sciences (Department of Geosciences). The project runs from 2022-2025.
Background
As energy production accounts for more than two thirds of all greenhouse gas emission globally, a rapid transformation of our energy system is key to reaching the Paris Agreement goal. This can be achieved by electrified systems with a high share of wind and solar energy. Renewable based energy systems, weather and climate have a crucial influence on energy supply and demand – from solar and wind generation to heating and cooling demand. Furthermore, climate change is expected to have complex impacts on weather-dependent energy systems through changes in mean properties, year-to-year variability, frequency and intensity of extreme events.
We therefore see the need to plan for future sustainable energy systems that are resilient to extreme weather events. This project will contribute towards this by identifying periods of extreme weather events and their effects for the energy sector, and explore cost-optimal energy investments with low risk of such extreme weather events.
Financing
This project is funded by the 2022 KD grant related to the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences' sustainable development initiative.