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    Drought poses a threat to clean energy

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    Drought poses a threat to clean energy Empty Drought poses a threat to clean energy

    Post by Rocky Mon 16 Aug 2021, 7:48 am

    Drought poses a threat to clean energy

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    Severe drought is drying up rivers and reservoirs vital for zero-emission hydropower production in many countries around the world, in some cases pushing governments to rely more on fossil fuels.
    Emerging problems in hydropower production in places like the United States, China and Brazil are what scientists and energy experts say will be a long-term problem for the industry as climate change causes more volatile weather and makes access to water less reliable.
    It could also pose a threat to international ambitions to combat global warming by impeding one of the main forms of current clean power. Hydropower is the world's largest source of clean energy and makes up nearly 16% of the world's electricity generation, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
    This year, climate-induced drought has caused the largest disruptions to hydropower generation in decades in places such as the western United States and Brazil. China is still recovering from the effects of last year's severe drought on hydropower production in Yunnan Province in the southwestern part of the country.
    Last year in Malawi, for example, floods and debris from massive storms forced two power plants to shut down, reducing hydropower capacity from 320 megawatts to 50 megawatts, according to the International Energy Agency.
    These effects have forced grid operators to rely more on thermal power plants, which often run on natural gas or coal, and require companies to reduce electricity use to prevent outages.
    In California, the state water project was forced to shut down a 750-megawatt hydroelectric plant in Lake Oroville this month for the first time since it was built in 1967 due to low water levels. In good years, the plant can power half a million homes.
    The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that at the huge 2,000 megawatt Hoover Dam on the Colorado River on the Nevada and Arizona border, production also fell by about 25% last month.
    California's limited power supply, driven in part by low hydropower production, prompted Governor Gavin Newsom to issue an order on July 30 allowing industrial energy consumers to run on diesel generators and engines that emit more greenhouse gases.
    The order also allowed ships in the port to use diesel generators instead of connecting them to the grid, and lifted restrictions on the amount of fuel that natural gas stations could use to generate power.
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