Power-generation system vulnerability and adaptation to changes in climate and water resources

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 375-380

  Van Vliet, Michelle T H ^a,b   Wiberg, David ^b   Leduc, Sylvain ^b   Riahi, Keywan ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY BALANCE; POWER GENERATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84962285371     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2903     Document Type: Article

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