Power sector investment implications of climate impacts on renewable resources in Latin America and the Caribbean

Silvia R. Santos da Silva; Mohamad I. Hejazi; Gokul Iyer; Thomas B. Wild; Matthew Binsted; Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm; Pralit Patel; Abigail C. Snyder; Chris R. Vernon

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21502-y

Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Power sector investment implications of climate impacts on renewable resources in Latin America and the Caribbean

Silvia R. Santos da Silva,
Mohamad I. Hejazi,
Gokul Iyer,
Thomas B. Wild,
Matthew Binsted,
Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm,
Pralit Patel,
Abigail C. Snyder,
Chris R. Vernon

Affiliations

Silvia R. Santos da Silva: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland
Mohamad I. Hejazi: Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Gokul Iyer: Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Thomas B. Wild: Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Matthew Binsted: Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland
Pralit Patel: Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Abigail C. Snyder: Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Chris R. Vernon: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21502-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Substantial investment will be required in renewables to implement climate change mitigation. Here, the authors focus on Latin America and the Caribbean and find that climate impacts on renewables would result in additional investments $12-114 billion by 2100.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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