Water and climate risks to power generation with carbon capture and storage

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Byers, E A ^a   Hall, J W ^b   Amezaga, J M ^a   O'Donnell, G M ^a   Leathard, A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon capture and storage; climate change; energy; hydroclimatology; water energy interactions; water regulation; water resources

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; CARBON CAPTURE; COOLING WATER; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL STORAGE; WATER RESOURCES;

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGES (CCS); CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITY; ENERGY; HYDRO CLIMATOLOGIES; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; WATER ENERGY; WATER REGULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING WATER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FOSSIL FUEL; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; POWER PLANT; RIVER FLOW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

ENGLAND; TRENT RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84959419086     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/024011     Document Type: Article

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