The potential risks from metals bottlenecks to the deployment of Strategic Energy Technologies

Energy Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 556-564

  Moss, R L ^a   Tzimas, E ^a   Kara, H ^b,d   Willis, P ^b   Kooroshy, J ^c,e  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Oakdene Hollins Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Hague Centre for Strategic Studies   (Netherlands)

^d Metsims Sustainability Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low carbon energy technologies; Rare earth metals; Supply chain bottlenecks

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL PRODUCTION; LOW-CARBON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; MITIGATION STRATEGY; POTENTIAL RISKS; PRIMARY OUTPUTS; RARE EARTH METALS; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; SUPPLY-CHAIN BOTTLENECKS; TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT; WASTE REDUCTION;

CADMIUM; CARBON CAPTURE; DYSPROSIUM; ECONOMICS; GALLIUM; HAFNIUM; INDIUM; MOLYBDENUM; NEODYMIUM; NIOBIUM; SELENIUM; SOLAR ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TIN; VANADIUM;

METALS;

BIOENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKET; MARKET CONDITIONS; METAL; MITIGATION; NUCLEAR POWER; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SOLAR POWER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WIND POWER;

EID: 84873153723     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.12.053     Document Type: Article

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