Resilience of the Eastern African electricity sector to climate driven changes in hydropower generation

oleh: Vignesh Sridharan, Oliver Broad, Abhishek Shivakumar, Mark Howells, Brent Boehlert, David G. Groves, H-Holger Rogner, Constantinos Taliotis, James E. Neumann, Kenneth M. Strzepek, Robert Lempert, Brian Joyce, Annette Huber-Lee, Raffaello Cervigni

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-01-01

Deskripsi

Hydropower generation in the Nile River Basin is vulnerable to climatic changes. Here, the authors assess infrastructure resilience of the Eastern African power pool (EAPP) to the effects of a changing climate and suggest that failing to climate-proof infrastructure investments can result in significant electricity price fluctuations.