Impacts of climate change on electric power supply in the Western United States

Matthew D. Bartos () and Mikhail V. Chester
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Matthew D. Bartos: Civil, Environmental, & Sustainable Engineering, Arizona State University, 660 S. College Ave. Tempe, Arizona 85287-3005, USA
Mikhail V. Chester: Civil, Environmental, & Sustainable Engineering, Arizona State University, 660 S. College Ave. Tempe, Arizona 85287-3005, USA

Nature Climate Change, 2015, vol. 5, issue 8, 748-752

Abstract: Power providers do not account for climate change in their development plans. But 46% of power stations in the western United States are vulnerable to long-term changes in streamflow, air temperature, water temperature, humidity and air density.

Date: 2015
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