Power Plant Production Drops As Waters Warm and River Flows Decline

Yale Environment 360: Rising water temperatures and a reduction in river flows have caused declining production at some thermoelectric power plants in the U.S. and Europe, a trend that will likely continue for decades to come as the planet warms, according to a new study. Writing in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers estimate that the generating capacity at U.S. nuclear and coal-fired plants -- which rely on consistent volumes of water flow at particular temperatures to cool overheated turbines -- will fall...

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Enclosure: http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1546.html