Climate Change Risk Assessment for NT Hydro Corp.

气候变化对包括西北地区电力公司（NTPC）水力发电系统在内的北部基础设施构成了严峻挑战。小型水库，缺乏与北美电网的连接，以及对远程系统的依赖，使NTPC的水力系统容易受到各种风险因素的影响，其中许多风险因素因气候变化而加剧。该项目将通过研究历史环境和发电数据，探索更好地理解、预测和减轻水力系统气候变化风险的潜力，以寻找可以预测未来事件的相关性，并帮助管理日益严重的气候事件期间的运营，包括：干旱和低水位；改变温度;波动ENSO系统；永久冻土融化;还有大气变化。

Climate change poses serious challenges to northern infrastructure including the Northwest Territories Power Corporation's (NTPC) hydroelectric generation systems. Small reservoirs, lack of connection to the North American grid and reliance on remote systems makes the NTPC's hydro system susceptible to a wide range of risk factors many of which are exacerbated by climate change. This project will explore the potential to better understand, predict and mitigate climate change risk for the hydro system by examining historical environmental and power generation data to look for correlations that can predict future events and help manage operations during increasingly severe climate events including: drought and low water levels; changing temperatures; the fluctuating ENSO system; thawing permafrost; and atmospheric changes.