YOUNG SCIENTIST LECTURE
Speaker: DR. Rui Jing
Title: Planning urban energy systems adapting to extreme weather
Speaker bio : Dr. Rui Jing is an Associate Professor in Xiamen University. Before, he was a Post-doc in Cardiff University. His research focuses on multi-energy system, urban energy planning, climate resilient energy systems, and energy-related nexus research. He is now a menber of ADAPEN Young Editor Board and has co-authored 50 peer-reviewed publications.
Supporting institution: Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cardiff University, National University of Singapore, Xiamen University, Mälardalen University
ADAPEN paper link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adapen.2021.100053
Abstract: In the context of increasing urbanization and climate change globally, urban energy systems (UES) planning needs adequate consideration of climate change, particularly to ensure energy supply during extreme weather events (EWE) such as heatwaves, floods, and typhoons. Here we propose a two-layer modeling framework for UES planning considering the impact of EWE. An application of the framework to a typical coastal city of Xiamen, China reveals that deploying energy storage (i.e., pumped hydro and battery) offers significant flexibility to ensure the critical demand is met during typhoon as a typical EWE and avoids over investment in supply technologies. This requires an extra 2.8% total cost on investment and operation of UES for 20 years. Planning energy systems with proper consideration of EWE can ensure robust urban energy services even with increasing penetration of fluctuating renewables, and we offer a flexible and computationally efficient paradigm for UES planning considering the impact of EWE.
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