Eight Minutes
Quick and concise, Eight Minutes covers everything that's happening in climate action and the energy transition. We tackle the complexity of the changes happening in our world and make it easy, and quick, for anyone to understand.
Our sister podcast, More Than Eight Minutes, includes the extended versions with our guests for anyone who wants to go a level deeper into these issues.
Eight Minutes
How Climate Change is Affecting Renewable Generator Production - Episode 76
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The amount of renewable generation that is forecasted to come online over the next few years is staggering. But renewable assets face risks - risks associated with the changing climate in the first place. As weather patterns change, affecting cloud cover, snow melt, or wind speed - renewable assets are especially vulnerable to these changes.
In this episode, Paul unpacks how the changing climate may affect our increasing reliance upon renewable generation for our power supply.
For further reference:
"Will climate change suck the air out of Illinois' wind power industry?" - The Chicago Sun Times
"Global ‘Stilling’: Is Climate Change Slowing Down the Wind?" - Yale Environment 360
"Hydropower: How droughts are affecting the world's biggest renewable energy source" - World Economic Forum
"Wildfire smoke slashed solar power generation" - Verge
Renewables 2023 Executive Summary - IEA
"Global Review Assesses Hydropower’s Vulnerability to Climate Change" - Columbia Climate School
"Climate change extremes and photovoltaic power output" - Nature Sustainability
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