GCRI · Energy Nexus
Research and evidence
The research behind Energy Nexus: the questions it asks, the models and measurements it uses, how uncertainty is stated and how a result is reviewed and reproduced before it is published.
Research and evidence on the record.
- 02STEM methods8 canonical methods applied
- 03Topics9 subject pages
- 04Counterparts10 platforms in shared fields
- 05PublisherThe Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
- 06Methods uncertaintyMethods and uncertainty
- 07Source dataSource and data register
What the research asks.
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Energy security
Supply adequacy, access and reliability.
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Power grids and interconnection
Transmission, distribution and system dependencies.
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Renewables and storage
Storage technologies and weather variability.
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Heat and cooling
Cooling requirements and extreme heat.
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Hydropower and water
Hydropower, drought and cooling water.
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Industrial energy systems
Industrial demand and resource pathways.
What energy research cannot yet answer well enough for decisions.
The energy agenda concentrates on the joints where electricity, gas, water, weather and digital systems meet, because that is where recent large outages and price crises have started.
- How long and how deep are low wind and solar periods that coincide with high demand, and how should storage and interconnection be sized against them? See renewables and storage.
- How does heat reduce thermal plant output and transmission capacity while raising cooling demand? See heat and cooling.
- What does hydropower drought mean for systems that rely on it for flexibility? See hydropower and water.
- Which restoration sequences bring back power, water and telecoms fastest after a wide-area blackout? See grid disruption and recovery.
- Where do industrial energy users create concentrated demand and safety risk at the same time? See industrial energy systems.
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