Publication: Enhancing Power Sector Resilience: Emerging Practices to Manage Weather and Geological Risks
Date
2016-06
ISSN
Published
2016-06
Author(s)
Brown, Ray
Prudent‐Richard, Guillaume
O’Mara, Katrina
Abstract
Over the past twenty years, natural
disasters have become more frequent, and the costs of
associated damages and losses are rising. In 2012 alone, the
357 natural disasters recorded worldwide resulted in 9,655
fatalities, 125 million victims, and 157 billion US dollars
in associated damages and losses. Far‐flung power
infrastructure from upstream generation plants and
transmission lines to downstream distribution networks and
operational systems is particularly vulnerable to weather
and geological events. Building a resilient power sector is
likely to be particularly challenging in countries where the
power supply system is weak or aging, which is the case in
many developing countries. The World Bank Group’s Energy
Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), in
collaboration with Global Facility for Disaster Risk
Reduction, undertook this study to: (i) raise awareness and
enhance understanding about managing extreme weather and
geological risks among power sector stakeholders and (ii)
enhance their capacity to take adaptive actions to mitigate
these risks and cope with the impacts when disasters happen.
The study catalogs the risks faced by the power sector as a
result of weather and geological hazards; identifies and
documents a range of emerging resilience standards; covers
the entire power‐system value chain; and focuses on the
present‐day concerns of vulnerable power utilities.
Citation
“Brown, Ray; Prudent‐Richard, Guillaume; O’Mara, Katrina. 2016. Enhancing Power Sector Resilience: Emerging Practices to Manage Weather and Geological Risks. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26382 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”