RICCH: An Interactive Analysis Tool for Risk and Impacts of Climate Change on Hydropower Database (Q7020)

The RICCH:An Interactive Analysis Tool for Risk and Impacts of Climate Change on Hydropower Database, referred to as the RICCH Database, includes a Hydropower Plants Database and the incorporation of future hydropower usable capacity for 542 hydropower plants in the Global South. The Hydropower Plants Database includes the main design and location characteristics of542 hydropower plants across 52 countries. Additionally, we incorporate the results of future usable capacity simulations usinga multi-model ensemble of 21 Global Climate Models (GCMs) and two representative concentration pathways (RCPs). We use a multi-model ensemble of 21 GCMsfrom NASAs NEX GDDP dataset RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5. We aggregate the mean monthly usable capacity (MW) for each model and scenario, for the early century (2010-2039), mid-century (2040-2069), and the end-of-the-century (2070-2099). We include these results for every power plant in the RICCH database. Example: Itaipu (power plant in Brazil) has a record for its simulated mean monthly usable capacity for January (1) in the early century (2010-2039), under GCM ACCESS1_0 and RCP 4.5.