Downscaling nonclimatic drivers for surface water vulnerabilities in the Elbe river basin

Blazejczak, Jürgen; Gornig, Martin; Hartje, Volkmar

doi:10.1007/s10113-011-0237-6

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“…Dem entsprechend steigt auch der Wasserbedarf. Da viele Produkte einen großen Anteil an Wasser enthalten, können technologische Maßnahmen zum Wassersparen in der Produktion nur einen Teil des steigenden Bedarfs ausmachen (Koch und Grünewald 2011 (Blazejczak et al 2011).…”

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Infrastrukturen (Energie- und Wasserversorgung)

Groth

Rose

2018

Hamburger Klimabericht – Wissen Über Klima, Klimawandel Und Auswirkungen in Hamburg Und Norddeutschland

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Infrastrukturen (Energie- und Wasserversorgung)

Groth

Rose

2018

Hamburger Klimabericht – Wissen Über Klima, Klimawandel Und Auswirkungen in Hamburg Und Norddeutschland

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“…The second trend "Differentiation" is described by a slow global integration, lower economic growth rates and regional differentiation between East and West Germany. The regionalisation of global trends is described in Blazejczak et al (2011). For greenhouse gas emissions, a trend according to the IPCC scenario A1B is used (IPCC 2001).…”

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Trends in water demand and water availability for power plants—scenario analyses for the German capital Berlin

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Climatic Change

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The availability of electric power is an important prerequisite for the development or maintenance of high living standards. Global change, including socio-economic change and climate change, is a challenge for those who have to deal with the long-term management of thermoelectric power plants. Power plants have lifetimes of several decades. Their water demand changes with climate parameters in the short and medium term. In the long term, the water demand will change as old units are retired and new generating units are built. The present paper analyses the effects of global change and options for adapting to water shortages for power plants in the German capital Berlin in the short and long term. The interconnection between power plants, i.e. water demand, and water resources management, i.e. water availability, is described. Using different models, scenarios of socio-economic and climate change are analysed. One finding is that by changing the cooling system of power plants from a once-through system to a closed-circuit cooling system the vulnerability of power plants can be reduced considerably. Such modified cooling systems also are much more robust with respect to the effects of climate change and declining streamflows due to human activities in the basin under study. Notwithstanding the possible adaptations analysed for power plants in Berlin, Climatic Change (2012) 110:879-899 increased economic costs are expected due to declining streamflows and higher water temperatures.

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