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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Potential Impacts of Climate Change on California's Energy Infrastructure and Identification of Adaptation Measures
Author: Rising Seas and Electricity Infrastructure
Author: Judsen BruzgulPublisher:
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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Climate Change in California
Author: Fredrich J. KahrlPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520271815
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
While California is undeniably unique and diverse, the challenges it faces will be mirrored everywhere.
Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in San Francisco Bay
Author: Susanne C. MoserPublisher:
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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Global Climate Change and California
Author: Joseph B. KnoxPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520912012
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
California's extraordinary ecological and economic diversity has brought it prosperity, pollution, and overpopulation. These factors and the state's national and international ties make California an essential test case for the impact of global climate change—temperature increases, water shortages, more ultraviolet radiation. The scientists in this forward-looking volume give their best estimates of what the future holds. Beginning with an overview by Joseph Knox, the book discusses the greenhouse effect, the latest climate modeling capabilities, the implications of climate change for water resources, agriculture, biological ecosystems, human behavior, and energy. The warning inherent in a scenario of unchecked population growth and energy use in California applies to residents of the entire planet. The sobering conclusions related here include recommendations for research that will help us all prepare for potential climate change.
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in California
Author: Guido FrancoPublisher:
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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Estimating Risk to California Energy Infrastructure from Projected Climate Change
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Languages : en
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This report outlines the results of a study of the impact of climate change on the energy infrastructure of California and the San Francisco Bay region, including impacts on power plant generation; transmission line and substation capacity during heat spells; wildfires near transmission lines; sea level encroachment upon power plants, substations, and natural gas facilities; and peak electrical demand. Some end-of-century impacts were projected:Expected warming will decrease gas-fired generator efficiency. The maximum statewide coincident loss is projected at 10.3 gigawatts (with current power plant infrastructure and population), an increase of 6.2 percent over current temperature-induced losses. By the end of the century, electricity demand for almost all summer days is expected to exceed the current ninetieth percentile per-capita peak load. As much as 21 percent growth is expected in ninetieth percentile peak demand (per-capita, exclusive of population growth). When generator losses are included in the demand, the ninetieth percentile peaks may increase up to 25 percent. As the climate warms, California's peak supply capacity will need to grow faster than the population. Substation capacity is projected to decrease an average of 2.7 percent. A 5C (9F) air temperature increase (the average increase predicted for hot days in August) will diminish the capacity of a fully-loaded transmission line by an average of 7.5 percent. The potential exposure of transmission lines to wildfire is expected to increase with time. We have identified some lines whose probability of exposure to fire are expected to increase by as much as 40 percent. Up to 25 coastal power plants and 86 substations are at risk of flooding (or partial flooding) due to sea level rise.
Estimating Risk to California Energy Infrastructure from Projected Climate Change
Author: Jayant A. SathayePublisher:
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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Indicators of Climate Change in California
Author: Carmen Milanes (Environmentalist)Publisher:
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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Climate Change and the California Energy Sector
Author: David StomsPublisher:
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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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