Impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation on Scandinavian hydropower production and energy markets
(2005) In Water Resources Management 19(6). p.673-691- Abstract
- Dramatic swings in the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO) during the 1990s motivated the authors to build a statistical model of NAO impacts on hydropower production and energy markets in Scandinavia. Variation in the NAO index is shown to explain 55% of the variance of streamflow in Norway and up to 30% of the variance in Norway's hydropower output. It is also possible to identify the influence of NAO anomalies on electricity consumption and prices. Government liberalization allowed a financial market to grow around the international trading of electricity, which in Norway is produced almost entirely from hydropower. The model offers a possible tool for predicting the effects of future NAO movements on hydropower production and energy... (More)
- Dramatic swings in the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO) during the 1990s motivated the authors to build a statistical model of NAO impacts on hydropower production and energy markets in Scandinavia. Variation in the NAO index is shown to explain 55% of the variance of streamflow in Norway and up to 30% of the variance in Norway's hydropower output. It is also possible to identify the influence of NAO anomalies on electricity consumption and prices. Government liberalization allowed a financial market to grow around the international trading of electricity, which in Norway is produced almost entirely from hydropower. The model offers a possible tool for predicting the effects of future NAO movements on hydropower production and energy prices in Scandinavia. The potential influence of skillful climate prediction is discussed. (Less)
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- author
- Cherry, J ; Cullen, H ; Visbeck, M ; Small, A and Bertacchi Uvo, Cintia LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2005
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- hydropower, energy, North Atlantic oscillation, social impacts, impacts, climate
- in
- Water Resources Management
- volume
- 19
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 673 - 691
- publisher
- Springer
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- wos:000233530900001
- scopus:29244457236
- ISSN
- 0920-4741
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11269-005-3279-z
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 44d34612-464d-403b-8591-2346bbd99b62 (old id 211947)
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