Heat and energy grids

As climate change accelerates, the resilience of electricity infrastructure is emerging as a critical challenge for countries worldwide.

Extreme heat exposes the deep structural interdependence between water and energy systems, while also revealing the limits of traditional sector-based risk management.

In this study, the authors employ projections of tropical cyclones (TCs), sea level rise, and heatwaves, in conjunction with power system resilience modeling, to evaluate historical and future TC-blackout-heatwave compound risk in Louisiana, US.

Extreme heat from climate change is increasingly threatening U.S. energy supply and reliability – forcing energy companies to take steps to safeguard operations and meet rising demand.

This document transfers the MYRIAD-EU approach to the energy sector, including harmonised definitions of multi-hazard/multirisk, sets of historical events, and a multi-sectoral perspective.

Utilities and system operators must identify and implement short-term solutions that can maintain reliability and keep prices down while new infrastructure projects are built.

The report reveals how U.S. corporate utilities fuel climate chaos and inequality through fossil fuel expansion, shutoffs during extreme heat, and opposition to renewables, worsening risks like heatwaves and wildfires across multiple states.

Electric utilities across the United States are shutting off power to a growing number of households, according to a recent report that also found most shutoffs happened during last year’s record-hot summer.

A heatwave in the Gaza Strip with temperatures reaching 38°C has worsened power outages and sparked calls for protests from residents who lack electricity for cooling.

Higher than normal temps could strain grids that are not used to unprecedented heat waves.