Climate change and its influence on water systems increases the cost of electricity system decarbonization - Nature Communications
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The authors link water and electricity system models to evaluate how the electric grid can both adapt to climate change impacts and decarbonize, while also accounting for dependencies and climate vulnerabilities of the closely coupled water sector.
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Original Title: Climate change will cut hydropower output by up to 23% in the Western Interconnection Grid. The grid will require an additional 139 GW of new capacity—three times California’s peak demand—to offset such decrease at the cost of $150 billion.