The impacts of climate change on coal-fired power plants: evidence from China
Hao Zhang, Yabin Da, Xian Zhang, Jing‐Li Fan
Abstract
Climate change-induced coal-fired plant generation efficiency reduction tends to cut power supply by 15.77 billion kWh/year in the 2050s under RCP8.5. The challenges could be more evident if factoring in the rapidly increasing power demand.
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