TY - GEN
T1 - Climate Change Effects on Solar, Wind and Hydro Power Generation
AU - Penmetsa, Vikramaditya
AU - Holbert, Keith E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/10
Y1 - 2019/10
N2 - Climate change is affecting power generation globally. Increase in the ambient temperature due to the emission of greenhouse gases, caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels, is the most prominent reason for this effect. Climate change has encouraged the shift of power generation from burning of fossil fuels to more sustainable generation techniques from renewable sources such as hydro, wind and solar energy. Outcomes of climate change affect the power generation from these sources. Increase in the temperature and evaporation and decrease in the snow levels have decreased the hydropower generation in the Colorado River Basin. The maximum decrease in wind power generation, only due to the effect of increasing temperatures, in the U.S. is 0.6-1.0% by mid-century and 0.8-1.9% by end of the century. Change in solar radiation and precipitation affect the solar power generation. This paper analyzes various factors of climate change and the extent to which they impact the power generation from hydro, wind and solar energy sources.
AB - Climate change is affecting power generation globally. Increase in the ambient temperature due to the emission of greenhouse gases, caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels, is the most prominent reason for this effect. Climate change has encouraged the shift of power generation from burning of fossil fuels to more sustainable generation techniques from renewable sources such as hydro, wind and solar energy. Outcomes of climate change affect the power generation from these sources. Increase in the temperature and evaporation and decrease in the snow levels have decreased the hydropower generation in the Colorado River Basin. The maximum decrease in wind power generation, only due to the effect of increasing temperatures, in the U.S. is 0.6-1.0% by mid-century and 0.8-1.9% by end of the century. Change in solar radiation and precipitation affect the solar power generation. This paper analyzes various factors of climate change and the extent to which they impact the power generation from hydro, wind and solar energy sources.
KW - Global warming
KW - hydroelectric power generation
KW - solar power generation
KW - wind power generation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85080905082&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85080905082&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/NAPS46351.2019.9000213
DO - 10.1109/NAPS46351.2019.9000213
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85080905082
T3 - 51st North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2019
BT - 51st North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 51st North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2019
Y2 - 13 October 2019 through 15 October 2019
ER -