Articles | Volume 65
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-65-127-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-65-127-2025
07 Jan 2025
 | 07 Jan 2025

Identifying weather patterns responsible for renewable energy droughts over India

Isa Dijkstra, Hannah C. Bloomfield, and Kieran M. R. Hunt

Data sets

Historical and modelled renewable energy production for India (v0.1) Kieran Hunt and Hannah Bloomfield https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7824872

ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

Model code and software

kieranmrhunt/india-renewable: Renewable Energy for India (v1.0) Kieran Hunt https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14265562

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Short summary
Energy systems across the globe are evolving to meet climate mitigation targets. This requires rapid reductions in fossil fuel use and much more renewable generation. Renewable energy is dependent on the weather. A consequence of this is that there will be periods of low renewable energy production, driven by particular weather conditions. We look at the weather conditions during these periods and show the Indian energy sector could prepare for these events out to 14 days ahead.