TY - JOUR

T1 - Adapting energy infrastructure to climate change - Is there a need for government interventions and legal obligations within the German "energiewende"?

AU - Cortekar, Jörg

AU - Groth, Markus

PY - 2015/6/1

Y1 - 2015/6/1

N2 - The energy sector is considered a critical infrastructure. Important questions to be answered are, how climate change will affect the security of energy provision in the future. Based on an analysis of the available relevant literature the major vulnerabilities of the German energy sector are identified. Focusing on power generation and grid infrastructure we analyze whether adaptation measures, if necessary, are taken voluntarily or if governmental interventions are needed and justifiable. We show that governmental interventions are justifiable regarding measures to adapt the grid infrastructure.

AB - The energy sector is considered a critical infrastructure. Important questions to be answered are, how climate change will affect the security of energy provision in the future. Based on an analysis of the available relevant literature the major vulnerabilities of the German energy sector are identified. Focusing on power generation and grid infrastructure we analyze whether adaptation measures, if necessary, are taken voluntarily or if governmental interventions are needed and justifiable. We show that governmental interventions are justifiable regarding measures to adapt the grid infrastructure.

KW - climate change adaptation

KW - Energiewende

KW - energy infrastructure

KW - environmental policy

KW - regulation

KW - Environmental Governance

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84948454627&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.552

DO - 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.552

M3 - Conference article in journal

AN - SCOPUS:84948454627

VL - 73

SP - 12

EP - 17

JO - Energy Procedia

JF - Energy Procedia

SN - 1876-6102

T2 - 9th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference - IRES 2015

Y2 - 9 March 2015 through 11 March 2015

ER -