ICEM 2015 Pre-Conference Seminar Energy for Meteorologists Rationale for the seminar: The energy sector is meteorology dependant. Both day-to-day weather and longer term climate variability have impacts on supply, demand, transport and distribution and energy markets. Despite the energy sector being one of the most advanced users of weather and climate information, its rapid evolution constantly creates new needs, which require a new paradigm for a more effective collaboration between meteorologists and energy sector users. Scientific progress on its own is indeed not sufficient to increase the value of weather forecasts. Improving decision making processes, and hence the value of meteorology, demands improving communication and mutual understanding between energy and meteorology people. In the last decade, a burgeoning number of sessions in Energy & Meteorology at various conferences (e.g. AMS, EMS, European Wind Energy Conference) started the process from the meteorology side to the energy side. The series of International Conferences Energy & Meteorology want to go one step beyond and open a bidirectional stream of communication. The goal of this seminar is then: to provide meteorologists with an overview of the energy sector/business to create awareness about the importance of weather & climate for the energy sector to help foster a dialog between both communities and point at major challenges which should be addressed in a co-design approach in the coming years N.B.: The seminar will focus on power (electricity) but links will also be made to other energy sector activities (oil & gas, biofuels…) Time Lecture Lecturer/Moderator 0915 – 0930 1. Introduction to the seminar: background, objectives and format Laurent Dubus 0930 – 1000 2. a) b) c) World Energy: an outlook Recent trends Current picture Future scenarios Laurent Dubus 1000 – 1100 3. a) b) c) What is an energy system? How does it work? The main activities: Production / Transport & Distribution / Marketing / Trading & Finance The supply/Demand balance optimization problem The different space and time scales of an energy system, and the corresponding decision processes Laurent Dubus 1100 – 1130 1130 – 1230 1230 – 1345 1345 – 1415 Morning break 4. Weather & Climate impacts on the energy sector a) Impacts on supply: From mining to power plants b) Impacts on demand: Regional and seasonal features c) Impacts on energy markets Christian Brose Lunch break 5. Examples a) Identification & Resource Assessment: resource mapping Mark Zagar 1415 – 1445 b) Climate data and assessment of power plants environmental impact Mathieu Anderhalt 1445 – 1515 c) Operations & Maintenance: short term wind forecasting Russell Bigley 1515 – 1545 d) Energy integration: market trading Shylesh Muralidharan 1545 – 1615 Afternoon break 6. 1615 - 1700 Wrap-up & discussion: what are the priorities and how should we move forward? Some possible points to discuss: Data exchange Probabilistic forecasts in deterministic decision making context Needs of Developing Countries / Knowledge sharing Audience’s suggestions… Chair: Marion SchroedterHomscheidt & Laurent Dubus
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