An Integrated Assessment of Water, Energy, and Climate Change in Sacramento, California: How Strong is the Nexus?

The study utilizes integrated basin-scale models to analyze the water-energy-climate nexus in Sacramento, California. It finds that hot dry years, characterized by a 4C temperature increase and 25% precipitation decrease, would lead to a more than 35% increase in regional electricity imports due to constrained local power production.

• The research integrates basin-scale models to project water and energy demand and supply across the residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural sectors.
• Climate simulations indicate that electricity imports to the Sacramento region would rise during hot dry spells when local power production is most limited.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2015). An Integrated Assessment of Water, Energy, and Climate Change in Sacramento, California: How Strong is the Nexus? https://www.sei.org/publications/an-integrated-assessment-of-water-energy-and-climate-change-in-sacramento-california-how-strong-is-the-nexus/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. An Integrated Assessment of Water, Energy, and Climate Change in Sacramento, California: How Strong is the Nexus? 2015. https://www.sei.org/publications/an-integrated-assessment-of-water-energy-and-climate-change-in-sacramento-california-how-strong-is-the-nexus/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2015integrated, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{An Integrated Assessment of Water, Energy, and Climate Change in Sacramento, California: How Strong is the Nexus?}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2015}, month = jul, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/an-integrated-assessment-of-water-energy-and-climate-change-in-sacramento-california-how-strong-is-the-nexus/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }