Global Challenges After a Global Challenge: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected not only individual lives but also the world and global systems, both natural and human-made. Besides millions of deaths and environmental challenges, the rapid spread of the infection and its very high socioeconomic impact have affected healthcare, economic status and wealth, and mental health across the globe. To better appreciate the pandemic's influence, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches are needed.

Data related to crystalline photovoltaic plant performance in the semi-arid climate of India.

This article presents performance data concerning a 1MW crystalline photovoltaic (PV) plant installed in the semi-arid climate of India. Data includes the daily average samples from January 2012 to February 2016, related to solar irradiance on the plane of the array, electrical energy injected into the grid, reference yield, final yield, and the performance ratio. Furthermore, the decomposition time series for the performance ratio by applying the classical seasonal decomposition (CSD), Holt-Winters seasonal model (HW), and Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess (STL) is also provided for quantifying of the degradation rate of the PV system.

Spatial Risk Analysis of Power Systems Resilience During Extreme Events.

The increased frequency of extreme events in recent years highlights the emerging need for the development of methods that could contribute to the mitigation of the impact of such events on critical infrastructures, as well as boost their resilience against them. This article proposes an online spatial risk analysis capable of providing an indication of the evolving risk of power systems regions subject to extreme events. A Severity Risk Index (SRI) with the support of real-time monitoring assesses the impact of the extreme events on the power system resilience, with application to the effect of windstorms on transmission networks.