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Growing stress on power generation plants amid climate change
Urgent steps needed to make systems more resilient as energy demands rise
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Severe heatwaves and droughts in China, the United States and Europe have caused blackouts and disrupted the lives of millions of people and businesses.
The disasters underscore how increasingly extreme weather and rising temperatures are threatening the world's power generation systems, from dried-up rivers shutting down hydropower plants, to storms and floods knocking out power lines, to heatwaves pushing grids to the limit.
