https://energytransition.org/2017/06/unknown-climate-risks-for-renewable-energy-projects/ The Global Energiewende Mon, 04 Mar 2019 11:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://energytransition.org/2017/06/unknown-climate-risks-for-renewable-energy-projects/#comment-5595 Sun, 18 Jun 2017 18:16:43 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=15258#comment-5595 As always, compared to what? The seismic risks to nuclear plants are horrendous, as Fukushima showed. Fossil fuel plants and their supply chains are reasonably robust against a variety of risks, but not foolproof. A wind turbine is a strong structure, as shown by the way pilot offshore wind turbines survived the Fukushima tsunami. They routinely ride through storm-force winds. Solar farms are much flimsier, though they should be fairly easy to repair. Hydro dams are built to very high margins of safety.

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