Author: Van Vliet, M. et al.
Year of publication: 2016
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Vulnerability assessment
Format of assessment: Scientific article
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Scientists/researchers
Institutional scale of use: Global
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Others (please specify)
Details: Planners in electricity sector, power plant owners
Output: Others (see details)
Details: Vulnerability map
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Worldwide
Potential geographic coverage: Worldwide
Sectors covered: Energy sector, Water sector
Details: Hydro- and Thermoelectric (using river water for cooling) power plants
Method used: Quantitative model
Description of methodology: Globally hydrological-electricity model→ consisting of physical-hydrological model and water temperature model connected with hydropower and thermoelectric power model; model was paired with general circulation models output from RCP 2.6 and 8.5
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Risk components incorporated: Vulnerability
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Water scarcity
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Information on power plant characteristics (World Electric Power Plant Database); daily observed records of streamflow and water temperature; data on power generation from hydroelectric and thermoelectric power plants
Temporal scale: Forward looking
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No
Adressing uncertainty: Partly
Details: Uncertainty in GCM output was accounted for
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts
Details: Adaptation options are modelled but not discussed in depth
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Economic
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): No
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: Partly
Details: Adaptation options are modelled but not discussed in depth
Applied by whom: van Vliet, M. et al.
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