In:
Water resources management, Dordrecht : Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 1987, 19(2005), 6, Seite 673-691, 0920-4741
In:
volume:19
In:
year:2005
In:
number:6
In:
pages:673-691
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Dramatic swings in the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO) during the 1990s motivated the authors to build a statistical model of NAO impacts on hydropower production and energy markets in Scandinavia. Variation in the NAO index is shown to explain 55% of the variance of streamflow in Norway and up to 30% of the variance in Norway's hydropower output. It is also possible to identify the influence of NAO anomalies on electricity consumption and prices. Government liberalization allowed a financial market to grow around the international trading of electricity, which in Norway is produced almost entirely from hydropower. The model offers a possible tool for predicting the effects of future NAO movements on hydropower production and energy prices in Scandinavia. The potential influence of skillful climate prediction is discussed.
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Online-Ressource
Seiten:
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ISSN:
0920-4741
DOI:
10.1007/s11269-005-3279-z
Sprache:
Englisch
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