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Climate change to strain water supplies used by power plants
2013-07-09 09:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Waterways warmed by climate change will increase electricity prices by as much as a third in southern Europe as producers struggle to cool power stations, a study showed. Countries from Romania to Bulgaria and Slovenia face the biggest price increases, according to research today from the Laxenburg, Austria-based Institute for International Applied Systems Analysis. Dutch, German and Spanish scientists participated in the study. "The combination of increased water temperatures and reduced summer...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical