Creating a proof-of-concept climate service to assess future renewable energy mixes in Europe: An overview of the C3S ECEM project

Alberto Troccoli (1, 2) , Clare Goodess (2) , Phil Jones (2, 3) , Lesley Penny (4, 2) , Steve Dorling (2) , Colin Harpham (1, 2) , Laurent Dubus (5) , Sylvie Parey (5) , Sandra Claudel (5) , Duc-Huy Khong (5) , Philip Bett (6, 6) , Hazel Thornton (6, 6) , Thierry Ranchin (7) , Lucien Wald (7) , Yves-Marie Saint-Drenan (7) , Matteo de Felice (8) , David Brayshaw (9) , Emma Suckling (9) , Barbara Percy (10, 9) , Jon Blower (9)

1 Climatic Research Unit
2 UEA - University of East Anglia [Norwich]
3 KAU - King Abdul Aziz University
4 School of Environmental Sciences [Norwich]
5 EDF - EDF
6 United Kingdom Met Office [Exeter]
7 O.I.E. - Centre Observation, Impacts, Énergie
8 ENEA - Agenzia Nazionale per le nuove Tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile = Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
9 UOR - University of Reading
10 Institute of Environmental Analytics

The EU Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) European Climatic Energy Mixes (ECEM) has produced, in close collaboration with prospective users, a proof-of-concept climate service, or Demonstrator, designed to enable the energy industry and policy makers assess how well different energy supply mixes in Europe will meet demand, over different time horizons (from seasonal to long-term decadal planning), focusing on the role climate has on the mixes. The concept of C3S ECEM, its methodology and some results are presented here. The first part focuses on the construction of reference data sets for climate variables based on the ERA-Interim reanalysis. Subsequently, energy variables were created by transforming the bias-adjusted climate variables using a combination of statistical and physically-based models. A comprehensive set of measured energy supply and demand data was also collected, in order to assess the robustness of the conversion to energy variables. Climate and energy data have been produced both for the historical period (1979–2016) and for future projections (from 1981 to 2100, to also include a past reference period, but focusing on the 30 year period 2035–2065). The skill of current seasonal forecast systems for climate and energy variables has also been assessed. The C3S ECEM project was designed to provide ample opportunities for stakeholders to convey their needs and expectations, and assist in the development of a suitable Demonstrator. This is the tool that collects the output produced by C3S ECEM and presents it in a user-friendly and interactive format, and it therefore constitutes the essence of the C3S ECEM proof-of-concept climate service.

Domaines: Océan, Atmosphère; Climatologie; Energie électrique

Alberto Troccoli, Clare Goodess, Phil Jones, Lesley Penny, Steve Dorling, et al.. Creating a proof-of-concept climate service to assess future renewable energy mixes in Europe: An overview of the C3S ECEM project. Advances in Science and Research, 2018, 15, pp.191 - 205. ⟨10.5194/asr-15-191-2018⟩. ⟨hal-01860899⟩