The Risks of Global Heating to Energy Systems and Energy Security
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
I appreciate the article as it addresses a very important topic in a timely manner, i.e. energy security under constraints of global heating focused on hydroelectric generation facilities and the impact of expected changes in temperature and precipitation. It is comprehensive and well structured, provides useful definitions of compiled terms and explanations of approaches and methods, mostly well known and established rather than scientifically new. The example NRHP is well chosen and introduced as well as of high relevance, the risk assessment is well founded, done and presented, the results and recommendations are interesting but not surprising. However, in parts it reads like a textbook and may be subject to streamlining; chapter 6 and 7 should merge, please check values for unlikely in Table 12.
Unfortunately, any kind of uncertainty assessment is missing.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Congratulations on the work carried out, the security of energy supply is a relevant and very necessary topic nowadays, especially in Europe, which has very ambitious objectives of decarbonisation of industrial processes.
Although I consider that the work, of great quality, is not a scientific work. In my opinion it is a very useful technical report for environmental risk assessment.
This paper lacks the following points, which are important for a scientific paper:
- Adequately defining the objective of the research
- Justifying the case study of the hydroelectric power plant
- Justify the choice of the models described. It is advisable to make a bibliographic review of the models for energy security assessment and risk assessment.
- Describe future lines of research or action in the energy sector to make it resilient. At this point, the question that arises is what climate change adaptation measures can be implemented in the energy sector?
Keep up the good work!
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Reviewer 3 Report
Overall impression:
The manuscript is interesting as a tool to help in the analysis of energy security facing climate change. Particularly in the use proposal of an energy security methodology to examine some of the possible climate risks to the supply of power from hydroelectricity produced by one of western Canada’s electricity suppliers. I have no problem with the methodological research part of the manuscript, I liked.
In my view, the structure of the document was not yet finished.
Minor issues.
- In general terms, the journal’s template was not properly applied, some essential parts are missing.
- The affiliations of authors are missing.
- The style of the references is not according to MDPI guidelines for authors, please modify it.
- The sections funding, acknowledgements and author contributions are missing.
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
Thank you for accepting the advice, the additions are appropriate and I encourage you to continue with the line of research and the incorporation of adaptation measures.
