Water constraints on European power supply under climate change: impacts on electricity prices

Water constraints on European power supply under climate change: impacts on electricity prices

Recent warm, dry summers showed the vulnerability of the European power sector to low water availability and high river temperatures. Climate change is likely to impact electricity supply, in terms of both water availability for hydropower generation and cooling water usage for thermoelectric power...

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Main Authors: Michelle T H van Vliet, Stefan Vögele, Dirk Rübbelke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
power generation
electricity prices
water resources
water temperature
climate change
energy security
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035010

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