A Review of the Impact of Long-term Climate Change on Renewable Energy

Abstract

Renewable energy, such as wind, wave and solar power are vulnerable to climate change. Unprecedented global warming in recent years has led to a long-term transition in the global climate and an increase in the frequency of extreme weather. The reserves and distribution of future wind, wave and solar resources will be affected. To explore the future development path of the high proportion of renewable energy power generation under climate change, this paper summarizes the long-term trend of renewable energy resources under long-term climate change trends, cyclical climate change, and extreme weather. The impact of long-term climate change on the utilization of renewable energy resources and the climate challenges for developing renewable energy in the future are pointed out. For the long-term future renewable energy planning, the paper proposes to build a refined regional energy-climate system to assess the potential of renewable energy and to introduce climate variability into energy systems.