Role of critical metals in the future markets of clean energy technologies

Leena Grandell, Antti Lehtilä, Mari Kivinen, Tiina Koljonen, Susanna Kihlman and Laura S. Lauri

Renewable Energy, 2016, vol. 95, issue C, 53-62

Abstract: The global energy sector is expected to experience a gradual shift towards renewable energy sources in the coming decades. Climate change as well as energy security issues are the driving factors. In this process electricity is expected to gain importance to the cost of fuels. However, these new technologies are in many cases dependent on various metals. This analysis evaluates the need for special metals and compares it with known resources in order to find possible bottlenecks in the market. The time perspective of the analysis reaches to the year 2050.

Keywords: Critical metals; Clean energy technologies; TIMES model; Resources; Reserves (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.03.102

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