The geopolitics of metals and metalloids used for the renewable energy transition

The geopolitics of metals and metalloids used for the renewable energy transition

This study examines the geopolitical role of 14 metals and metalloids needed for renewable energy technologies. The analysis focuses on three factors with potential geopolitical importance: the geographic concentration of resources, potential revenues of resources rich countries and the size of tota...

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Main Authors: André Månberger, Bengt Johansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:Energy Strategy Reviews
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X19300872
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spelling doaj-aa4b80cb573343c0a36c9f5f8b39c7452020-11-24T21:53:39ZengElsevierEnergy Strategy Reviews2211-467X2019-11-0126The geopolitics of metals and metalloids used for the renewable energy transitionAndré Månberger0Bengt Johansson1Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00, Lund, SwedenCorresponding author.; Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00, Lund, SwedenThis study examines the geopolitical role of 14 metals and metalloids needed for renewable energy technologies. The analysis focuses on three factors with potential geopolitical importance: the geographic concentration of resources, potential revenues of resources rich countries and the size of total global markets.The geographic concentration of most of the fourteen studied metals and metalloids will be higher than for oil. The only exceptions are tellurium, copper and silicon. The economic revenues as fraction of total economic throughput will be rather low for most of the countries studied. This will reduce the risk for a resource curse to emerge. The exceptions are the Democratic republic of Congo, Chile, Cuba, Madagascar and Zambia. The total economic value of the studied metals and metalloids will also be much smaller than the current oil market. Keywords: Critical material, Geopolitics, Resource curse, Renewable energy, Energy transitionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X19300872
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The geopolitics of metals and metalloids used for the renewable energy transition
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title_short The geopolitics of metals and metalloids used for the renewable energy transition
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description This study examines the geopolitical role of 14 metals and metalloids needed for renewable energy technologies. The analysis focuses on three factors with potential geopolitical importance: the geographic concentration of resources, potential revenues of resources rich countries and the size of total global markets.The geographic concentration of most of the fourteen studied metals and metalloids will be higher than for oil. The only exceptions are tellurium, copper and silicon. The economic revenues as fraction of total economic throughput will be rather low for most of the countries studied. This will reduce the risk for a resource curse to emerge. The exceptions are the Democratic republic of Congo, Chile, Cuba, Madagascar and Zambia. The total economic value of the studied metals and metalloids will also be much smaller than the current oil market. Keywords: Critical material, Geopolitics, Resource curse, Renewable energy, Energy transition
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