Renewable energy can enhance resilience of small islands

Tony Weir; Mahendra Kumar

doi:10.1007/s11069-020-04266-4

Renewable energy can enhance resilience of small islands

Tony Weir^*, Mahendra Kumar

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This paper summarizes some of the ways in which increased use of renewable energy can reduce vulnerability of nations and communities to hydro-meteorological disasters (i.e. enhance their resilience). It uses examples mainly from the small island countries of the Pacific, as the issues raised are particularly pertinent there. In particular, distributed electricity generation reduces vulnerability of supply to severe weather.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2719-2725
Number of pages	7
Journal	Natural Hazards
Volume	104
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04266-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2020

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