Table 2 Mitigation strategies and measures (Adapted from: Afzal et al., 2020; Bhusal et al., 2020; Bie et al., 2017; Ghosh & De, 2022; Hossain et al., 2021; Ibrahim et al., 2022; Jufri et al., 2019; Mahzarnia et al., 2020; Panteli & Macarella, 2015; Webster & Jian, 2011)
Mitigation strategies | |
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Short-term | • Before, during, and after the weather emergency • Corrective actions help effectively manage the disaster as it unfolds |
Long-term | • To provide robustness and adaptability to future weather conditions • Preventive control actions and proper operational procedures help to prepare for the forthcoming weather event |
Mitigation measures | |
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Engineering | • To design more robust structures to withstand extreme conditions and weather • To relocate or refit extremely vulnerable existing infrastructure • To improve the reliability of control systems to be more resilient to higher temperatures and humidity |
Non-engineering | • To revise operational procedures, policies, and regulations • To improve localized models used to predict storms and/or flood hazards |
Systems and power grid | • Vegetation management • Physical revitalization and upgrade • Substation relocation, and line rerouting • Enhance visualization and awareness of situations with sophisticated surveillance and prediction capabilities • To improve planning for emergencies and prevention and precise forecast of the weather event location and intensity • The operation of the system linked to emergency generators and mobile substations • The management of repair parts and restoration teams • The network monitoring system • Updating of standards of regulated projects |
Others | • To assess risks • To incorporate climate resilience in energy and climate plans • To identify cost‐effective measures and incentivize utilities to act • To implement resilience measures, evaluate and adjust them to continuously improve system resilience |