Modeling climate-induced power outages with renewable integration
We propose a Climate-induced Renewable Energy System Cascading Event (CRESCENT) model. This model bridges the dynamics of renewable energy systems with evolving extreme weather events by integrating a spatiotemporal hazard model, a renewable energy system vulnerability model, and a multi-scale spatiotemporal cascading power outage model (see Fig. 1 and Methods). The meteorological component exemplifies tropical cyclones as a typical climate extreme to the Puerto Rico energy system and employs a physics-based tropical cyclone wind field model to generate high-resolution spatiotemporal wind hazards. The renewable energy system vulnerability model is used to simulate the effects of climate extremes on spatiotemporal infrastructure damage and renewable generation reduction. We assess the spatiotemporal infrastructure damage to both transmission and distribution networks…
