Climate Change and Impact on Renewable Energies in the Azores Strategic Visions for Sustainability

Meirelles, Maria; Carvalho, Fernanda; Porteiro, João; Henriques, Diamantino; Navarro, Patrícia; Vasconcelos, Helena

doi:10.3390/su142215174

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Climate Change and Impact on Renewable Energies in the Azores Strategic Visions for Sustainability

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Maria Meirelles

^1,*

,

Fernanda Carvalho

²,

João Porteiro

¹,

Diamantino Henriques

²,

Patrícia Navarro

² and

Helena Vasconcelos

^1,3

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Faculty of Science and Technology (FCT), University of the Azores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal

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Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere, Observatório Afonso Chaves, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal

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Laboratory of Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiation Physics (LIBPhys-UNL), Department of Physics, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2825-149 Lisboa, Portugal

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Sustainability 2022, 14(22), 15174; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142215174

Submission received: 29 September 2022 / Revised: 2 November 2022 / Accepted: 10 November 2022 / Published: 16 November 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Development—Planning and Governance of Ultra-Peripheral Territories and Low-Density Regions)

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The energy sector is the largest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, but could also be seriously affected by climate change, calling into question society’s current consumption patterns. In this communication, climate projections based on a set of numerical models of global circulation are used to simulate the climate until the end of the century and keep in mind the alternative scenarios of pollutant emissions. Apart from solar energy, the results for the Azores region show a negative impact on the production and consumption of renewable energies. In the regional context, this issue assumes special relevance, given the geographical constraints, such as territorial discontinuity and insularity. Based on these assumptions, measures and recommendations are pointed out for the sectors that most penalize greenhouse gas emissions, considering the energy sustainability in the Azores and the commitments and goals assumed under international agreements.

Keywords: Azores; climate change; climate projections; renewable energies; energy sustainability climate projections; CMIP

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Meirelles, M.; Carvalho, F.; Porteiro, J.; Henriques, D.; Navarro, P.; Vasconcelos, H. Climate Change and Impact on Renewable Energies in the Azores Strategic Visions for Sustainability. Sustainability 2022, 14, 15174. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142215174

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Meirelles M, Carvalho F, Porteiro J, Henriques D, Navarro P, Vasconcelos H. Climate Change and Impact on Renewable Energies in the Azores Strategic Visions for Sustainability. Sustainability. 2022; 14(22):15174. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142215174

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Meirelles, Maria, Fernanda Carvalho, João Porteiro, Diamantino Henriques, Patrícia Navarro, and Helena Vasconcelos. 2022. "Climate Change and Impact on Renewable Energies in the Azores Strategic Visions for Sustainability" Sustainability 14, no. 22: 15174. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142215174

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Meirelles, M., Carvalho, F., Porteiro, J., Henriques, D., Navarro, P., & Vasconcelos, H. (2022). Climate Change and Impact on Renewable Energies in the Azores Strategic Visions for Sustainability. Sustainability, 14(22), 15174. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142215174

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