Impact of Extreme Weather Events on the Grid
Abstract
The rise in temperature due to climate change has increased the frequency and severity
of extreme weather events in the past few years. The 2010s in the US saw a total of
119-billion-dollar disasters, with an estimated cost of these events exceeding $800
billion. ERCOT’s grid failure in 2021 was an example of the devastating impacts extreme
weather events can have on the grid. Therefore, our project measured the impact of
extreme weather on Duke Energy. We examined the reliability outcomes of different
strategies for expanding power generation capacity in Duke Energy when extreme weather
scenarios are considered.
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Master's projectDepartment
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Sood, Amrita; & Doshi, Yash (2022). Impact of Extreme Weather Events on the Grid. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/24918.Collections
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