Abstract

Climate change and increased urban population are two major concerns for society. Moving towards more sustainable energy solutions in the urban context by integrating renewable energy technologies supports decarbonizing the energy sector and climate change mitigation. A successful transition also needs adequate consideration of climate change including extreme events to ensure the reliable performance of energy systems in the long run. This review provides an overview of and insight into the progress achieved in the energy sector to adapt to climate change, focusing on the climate resilience of urban energy systems. The state-of-the-art methodology to assess impacts of climate change including extreme events and uncertainties on the design and performance of energy systems is described and discussed. Climate resilience is an emerging concept that is increasingly used to represent the durability and stable performance of energy systems against extreme climate events. However, it has not yet been adequately explored and widely used, as its definition has not been clearly articulated and assessment is mostly based on qualitative aspects. This study reveals that a major limitation in the state-of-the-art is the inadequacy of climate change adaptation approaches in designing and preparing urban energy systems to satisfactorily address plausible extreme climate events. Furthermore, the complexity of the climate and energy models and the mismatch between their temporal and spatial resolutions are the major limitations in linking these models. Therefore, few studies have focused on the design and operation of urban energy infrastructure in terms of climate resilience. Considering the occurrence of extreme climate events and increasing demand for implementing climate adaptation strategies, the study highlights the importance of improving energy system models to consider future climate variations including extreme events to identify climate resilient energy transition pathways.

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迈向气候适应型城市能源系统：综述

摘要

气候变化和城市人口增加是社会关注的两大问题。通过整合可再生能源技术，在城市环境中实现更可持续的能源解决方案支持能源部门的脱碳和减缓气候变化。成功的转型还需要充分考虑包括极端事件在内的气候变化，以确保能源系统的长期可靠性能。本综述概述并深入了解能源部门在适应气候变化方面取得的进展，重点关注城市能源系统的气候适应能力。描述和讨论了评估气候变化影响的最先进方法，包括极端事件和不确定性对能源系统设计和性能的影响。气候复原力是一个新兴概念，越来越多地用于表示能源系统在应对极端气候事件时的持久性和稳定性。然而，它尚未得到充分探索和广泛使用，因为它的定义尚未明确阐明，评估主要基于定性方面。这项研究表明，最先进技术的一个主要限制是气候变化适应方法在设计和准备城市能源系统以令人满意地解决可能的极端气候事件方面的不足。此外，气候和能源模型的复杂性以及它们的时间和空间分辨率之间的不匹配是连接这些模型的主要限制。所以，很少有研究关注城市能源基础设施在气候适应力方面的设计和运营。考虑到极端气候事件的发生和对实施气候适应战略的需求不断增加，该研究强调了改进能源系统模型以考虑包括极端事件在内的未来气候变化的重要性，以确定气候弹性能源转型路径。