"Renewable energy is widely viewed as the cornerstone of a sustainable future. Still, climate change adds an unexpected layer of complexity to its growth. Rising global temperatures, shifting weather patterns and extreme natural events accelerate the need for clean power and threaten its stability.
How Climate Change Threatens the Future of Renewables


These disruptions raise concerns about whether solar, wind and hydropower can remain reliable sources in the decades ahead. To understand the future of renewables, it’s important to examine how climate change reshapes the environment they depend on and what steps can make these systems more resilient.
Climate Change and Renewable Energy Risks

Solar, wind and hydropower are central to the renewable energy transition. Still, climate change makes them more challenging to rely on. Solar panels lose efficiency during extreme heatwaves. Meanwhile, smoke from massive wildfires — now burning more than twice as much tree cover annually compared to two decades ago — blocks sunlight and reduces output.

Wind energy depends on consistent airflows, yet shifting climate patterns bring unpredictable storms in some regions and weaker currents in others. At the same time, urban environments complicate matters further because tall buildings shield strong winds, lowering performance.

Hydropower faces mounting risks, as prolonged droughts limit water supply and intense floods strain dams and turbines. These challenges underscore a growing concern. Climate-driven variability threatens the reliability of renewables, which makes it clear that solutions must evolve as quickly as the climate.

Wind energy depends on consistent airflows, yet shifting climate patterns bring unpredictable storms in some regions and weaker currents in others. At the same time, urban environments complicate matters further because tall buildings shield strong winds, lowering performance.

Hydropower faces mounting risks, as prolonged droughts limit water supply and intense floods strain dams and turbines. These challenges underscore a growing concern. Climate-driven variability threatens the reliability of renewables, which makes it clear that solutions must evolve as quickly as the climate."

https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/evelyn-long/how-climate-change-threatens...

So it seems the panacea has some problems.