How will climate change affect the hydropower production in the Alps?

What is it about?

Among the issues that are most relevant in the study of climate change (CC), hydropower plays a double role. On one hand, it will be affected by the change in water availability for hydropower plants. On the other hand, as the present major source of renewable energy, it is useful to support and increase the energy production and to reduce the human induced CC. This study tries to envisage the future availability of this precious resource in the Alps.

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Why is it important?

• Influence of the wholesale electricity prices in the water reservoirs' management • Combination of hydrologic and economic models • Integration of several case studies carried out by different research groups • Each case is a special case although they are located close to each other.