TY - JOUR
AU - Larry L Dale
AU - Nihan Karali
AU - Dev Millstein
AU - Michael Carnall
AU - Sebastian Vicuña
AU - Nicolas Borchers
AU - Eduardo Bustos
AU - Joe O’Hagan
AU - David Purkey
AU - Charles Heaps
AU - Jack Sieber
AU - William D Collins
AU - Michael D Sohn
AB - <p>This paper is among the first to report on the full integration of basin-scale models that include projections of the demand and supply of water and energy for residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural sector users. We link two widely used regional planning models that allow one to study the impact of rising climate variability on water and electricity use in Sacramento, California. Historic data combined with the current energy and water system configuration was used to assess the implications of changes in temperature and precipitation. Climate simulations suggest that electricity imports to the region would increase during hot dry spells, when regional power production is most constrained. In particular, regional imports of electricity would increase over 35&nbsp;% in hot dry years, assuming a 4&nbsp;°C increase in average temperature and a 25&nbsp;% decrease in average precipitation.</p>
BT - Climatic Change
DA - 09/2015
DO - 10.1007/s10584-015-1370-x
IS - 2
N2 - <p>This paper is among the first to report on the full integration of basin-scale models that include projections of the demand and supply of water and energy for residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural sector users. We link two widely used regional planning models that allow one to study the impact of rising climate variability on water and electricity use in Sacramento, California. Historic data combined with the current energy and water system configuration was used to assess the implications of changes in temperature and precipitation. Climate simulations suggest that electricity imports to the region would increase during hot dry spells, when regional power production is most constrained. In particular, regional imports of electricity would increase over 35&nbsp;% in hot dry years, assuming a 4&nbsp;°C increase in average temperature and a 25&nbsp;% decrease in average precipitation.</p>
PY - 2015
SP - 223
EP - 235
T2 - Climatic Change
TI - An integrated assessment of water-energy and climate change in Sacramento, California: How strong is the nexus?
VL - 132
ER -