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