Friday, July 12, 2013

How Water Scarcity From Climate Change Could Jack Up Europe’s Power Prices

How Water Scarcity From Climate Change Could Jack Up Europe’s Power Prices
Water evaporating from nuclear plant's cooling towers. (Credit: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)Many European countries could see a decrease in electricity generating capacity and an increase in electricity prices thanks to climate change. That’s the overall finding from a new study out of the Austria-based Institute for International Applied Systems Analysis, which looked at how higher water t
ThinkProgress » Climate Progress / by Jeff Spross / 6h http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/07/12/2295421/how-water-scarcity-from-climate-change-could-jack-up-europes-power-prices/?mobile=nc

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