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Drought-induced hydropower loss and thermal power substitution: CO₂ spillovers and sustainability challenges in China’s power sector
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DOI:10.1016/j.egyr.2026.109534.png)
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• Hydropower shrinkage responds to runoff decline in a lagged, nonlinear, capacity-dependent way. • Thermal power generation increases to partially offset hydropower loss with an average local substitution rate of 0.257. • Drought impacts spill over to downstream load centers via the interconnected grid. • The 2022 summer drought in China induced 52.86 million tonnes of additional CO2 emissions.
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