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Assessing the impact of extreme climate events on the global renewable energy market

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Renewable energy is pivotal in addressing climate challenges, thereby requiring the systematic quantification of how extreme climate events affect market stability and resilience. Through global analysis, this study demonstrates that 74.51% of extreme climate events exert statistically significant impacts on renewable energy market. Regional analysis reveals that disasters in Asia and Europe have widespread and significant impacts on the renewable energy market, while Americas' events elicit the swiftest market response. It also underscores the heightened significance and severity of impacts when disasters unfold in major renewable energy-producing countries. Moreover, the compounding effect of multiple climate events further amplifies their influence on the renewable energy market, with a discernible trend indicating increasingly severe consequences of climate events. Critically, this study identifies four structural determinants of renewable energy market anomalies: fundamentals, speculation, events, and climate variables, necessitating integrated frameworks to address climate-driven market uncertainties.

Source: iScience

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112924

Authors: Simin Shen, Lin Xiang

Institutions: Anyang Normal University, Zhejiang Normal University

Language: English

Topic: Market Dynamics and Volatility

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Affordable and clean energy

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,240