Author(s): Daisuke Nohara
Linked Author(s): Daisuke Nohara
Keywords: Net Zero and Water; hydropower; climate change mitigation; renewable energy production; power supply fluctuations; hydrological changes; global warming; water management; renewable energy deployment; complex interactions; Daisuke Nohara
Abstract:
Hydropower plays an important role in climate change mitigation as a major component of renewable energy production. In addition it can absorb power supply fluctuations mainly caused by variable renewa-ble energy sources. However, hydropower is affected by hydrological changes due to global warming. Hydropower energy production can be constrained by such changes, directly or indirectly, because of its complex relationship with other water management objectives. Further studies are needed to understand how these complex interactions can constrain the deployment of renewable energy production for climate change mitigation.
Year: 2024