Renewable energy sources contribute 16% of the global energy consumption and most nations are working to increase the share of renewables in their total energy budget to reduce the dependence on fossil fuel sources. Most Nordic and Baltic countries have already surpassed the target set for EU countries by 2020, to produce 20% of energy use from renewables like hydropower, solar energy, wind power, bio-energy, ocean power and geothermal energy. This publication presents results from a comprehensive research project that investigated the effects of projected future climate change on hydropower, wind power and bioenergy in the Nordic and Baltic countries, with focus on the period 2020-2050.

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Document
Objective
Mitigation
Approach
Community based
Collection
Eldis
CTCN Keyword Matches
On-shore wind
Renewable energy resource mapping
Embedding climate variability in hydropower design
Hydropower
Energy efficiency
Bioenergy
Geothermal
Small-scale Combined Heat and Power
Renewable energy
Fossil fuels to natural gas
Solar