Why supply chain resilience is key to the energy transition
2023年12月11日 · However, truly successful supply chain diversification requires factors ranging from geo-political vulnerability to shipping routes. Without these considerations, vulnerabilities – such as the benign but inconvenient lodging of a ship in the Suez Canal, to the difficult possibility of a government refusing to grant export licences ...
How to tackle supply chain issues for the energy transition | World ...
2022年1月31日 · The same is true today for lithium and other essential energy transition minerals. We must encourage supply diversity — more globalization, greater flexibility, production standards where essential and powerful incentives for innovation — for the materials that are truly critical to the energy transition.
Solar supply chains have a long-term sustainability problem
2021年9月28日 · 1) Energy companies can increase supply chain transparency for renewable energy components and hold suppliers to higher compliance standards. This means more than simply signing a pledge to implement supply chain traceability protocols, as proposed by the Solar Energy Industry Association .
6 ways Ukraine war led energy crisis reshaped the world | World ...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has had a profound effect on global energy markets. Price volatility, supply shortages, security issues and economic uncertainty have contributed to what the International Energy Agency (IEA) is calling “the first truly global energy crisis, with impacts that will be felt for years to come”.
Here's how supply chain issues are affecting renewable energy …
2021年11月4日 · But supply chain disruptions threaten to derail projects for at least the next year. Analysts at the consulting firm Rystad Energy estimate rising shipping and equipment costs are threatening to postpone or cancel 56% of worldwide utility-scale solar projects planned for 2022. Given these items represent as much as one-third of project costs ...
How we can solve the critical minerals supply crunch | World …
2024年5月16日 · “We are encouraged by the rapid growth in the market for critical minerals, which are crucial for the world to achieve its energy and climate goals,” said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. “Even so, major challenges remain. Much more needs to be done to ensure supply chains for critical minerals are secure and sustainable.”
Supply chain sustainability is key to achieving climate goals
2023年4月20日 · Supply chain leaders must act now to decarbonize operations, including tackling Scope 3 emissions. The message from the United Nations is clear: the window of opportunity to avoid climate disaster is rapidly closing .
Energy transition: securing critical minerals needs collective action ...
2024年2月5日 · The SMET initiative has identified priority strategies for the short and medium term that could help stakeholders avoid and reduce risks arising from the supply-demand imbalance in energy-transition minerals. And just like for energy, actions both to expand supply and to improve demand-side efficiency, along with policy and innovation will matter.
Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022 - The World Economic …
2022年5月11日 · Following a period of low investment in legacy assets, 50 a faster-than-expected economic rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic 51 strained the energy supply chain, 52 leading to concerns about the availability of gas for winter heating, 53 industrial activity slowdown 54 and pressure on the fiscal budgets for energy subsidies. 55 Indeed, the ...
Redrawing the solar power map with regional supply chains
2023年3月10日 · A supply chain analysis by the US Department of Energy (DOE) found that China’s global share of manufacturing capacity among key components is predominant in the following areas: polysilicon (72%), ingots (98%), wafers (97%), cells (81%), modules (77%) and inverters (66%). Some 75% of silicon solar cells used in modules installed in the US ...