Critical Metals in Strategic Energy Technologies

European Commission - Critical Metals in Strategic Energy Technologies
Report summary – Excerpt:

”The study concluded that 5 metals, namely tellurium, indium,gallium, neodymium and dysprosium, are at a particularly high risk,with special relevance to the wind and photovoltaic energy generationtechnologies."

”In particular, the study examined the use of metals in the sixlow-carbon energy technologies of SET-Plan, namely: nuclear, solar, wind, bioenergy, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and the electricitygrid. By analysing the average annual demand for metals up to 2020 and 2030 and comparing to the respective global production volume in 2010, 14 metals were identified that will require 1% or more (and in some cases, much more) of current world supply per annum. These 14 metals, in order of decreasing demand, are tellurium, indium, tin, hafnium, silver, dysprosium, gallium, neodymium, cadmium, nickel, molybdenum, vanadium, niobium and selenium.”
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