How Climate Change Affects Rooftop Solar with Michael Craig – Green Angel Ventures 4thought Friday

As the energy transition is occurring, climate change is accelerating and will increasingly affect energy systems. This is not a future problem – most energy system investments made today will operate past 2050, as will many existing energy systems assets. Adapting energy systems to climate change is, as a result, essential to provide reliable, resilient, affordable, and clean energy to consumers. This talk will survey two recent papers that highlight positive and negative effects of climate change on rooftop solar.

Michael will speak on the impact of climate change on the economic value of rooftop solar and the impact of climate change on degradation and reliability of rooftop solar due to high operating temperatures. His work underscores the need for updating energy system standards for future climates.

Michael is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed between the School for Environment and Sustainability and the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. His ASSET Lab researches how to equitably reduce global and local environmental impacts of energy systems while making those systems robust to future climate change.