Vulnerability of US and European electricity supply to climate change

Michelle T. H. van Vliet (), John R. Yearsley, Fulco Ludwig, Stefan Vögele, Dennis P. Lettenmaier and Pavel Kabat
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Michelle T. H. van Vliet: Earth System Science and Climate Change, Wageningen University and Research Centre
John R. Yearsley: University of Washington
Fulco Ludwig: Earth System Science and Climate Change, Wageningen University and Research Centre
Dennis P. Lettenmaier: University of Washington
Pavel Kabat: Earth System Science and Climate Change, Wageningen University and Research Centre

Nature Climate Change, 2012, vol. 2, issue 9, 676-681

Abstract: Thermoelectric power in Europe and the United States is vulnerable to climate change. Here research relates lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures as a result of climate change to thermoelectric plant capacity. Summer average capacity can decrease by 6.3–19% in Europe and 4.4–16% in the United States, depending on the cooling system type and climate scenario for 2031–2060.

Date: 2012
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