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Addressing the terawatt challenge: scalability in the supply of chemical elements for renewable energy

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Vesborg, Peter C. K., Jaramillo, Thomas F.·2012·RSC Advances

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The energy infrastructure for fossil fuels is well-established, accounting for approximately 87% of the 16 TW of power consumed globally. For renewable and sustainable energy conversion technologies to play a relevant role at the terrestrial scale, they must be able to scale to the TW level of deployment. This would place a significant demand on the current and future supply of raw materials (chemical elements) used by those technologies. Oftentimes, the average crustal abundance of a chemical element is cited as a measure of its scalability, however another important metric for scalability is the existence (of lack thereof) of mineable ores with a high concentration of the targeted element. This paper aims to provide an overview of the availability of all elements. This is accomplished via a compilation of data for global primary production rates for each element, as a measure of availability at the present time. This work also addresses the potential future availability based on current and possible future primary sources.

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Authors
Vesborg, P. C. K., & Jaramillo, T. F.
Venue
RSC Advances
Published
2012
Volume
2
Issue
21
Pages
7933
ISSN
2046-2069 (ISSN-L)
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References
1
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12.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
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