Recent Century Climate Change's Impact on East Asia Renewable Energy Resources
Abstract
This research aims to identify the climate change and air pollution emissions impact on renewable energy resources, specifically for solar energy availability. We analyzed meteorological reanalysis data of solar radiation over the last 30-50 years, on the areas that are directly impacted by Eastern Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) such as southeastern China, and other parts of China and countries in East Asia. We identify changes in solar energy availability, which includes lower solar radiation arriving at the surface that will likely produce less solar energy. This research also compiles the locations of current and planned solar energy programs and focuses analysis on the area with those programs. In the end, this research will discuss what anthropogenic influences of both climate and pollution mean for solar energy in China.
Subject
Climate ChangeEASM
East Asian Summer Monsoon
Solar Irradiance
Renewable energy
Solar Energy
East Asia
China
Air Pollution
Citation
Li, Zonghui (2019). Recent Century Climate Change's Impact on East Asia Renewable Energy Resources. Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /196666.