Webinar: Challenges and bottlenecks for the green transition

Join the Metallurgical Society for their webinar: Challenges and bottlenecks for the green transition.

About this event

This webinar addresses the critical task of phasing out fossil fuels by shifting focus from why it is necessary to how it can be physically achieved. It outlines the required non-fossil fuel industrial capacity to replace fossil fuels while maintaining the current industrial ecosystem, based on 2018 global data for fuel consumption and industrial activity.

Key insights include:

• An estimated 48,939.8 TWh of additional non-fossil fuel power generation capacity is needed globally.
• The study evaluates stationary power storage buffer requirements for managing intermittent renewable energy, considering multiple storage durations and technologies, with a focus on battery banks.
• A detailed analysis of the metals required for manufacturing renewable energy technologies (e.g., EVs, solar panels, and wind turbines) reveals significant shortfalls in global production, reserves, and resources for critical materials such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, and graphite.
• A counter plan is proposed to address these challenges and ensure a viable transition to renewable energy.

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Webinar time: 5.00pm - 6.00pm AEST

Speaker/s

Simon Michaux

Associate Professor of Geometallurgy, Geological Survey of Finland

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Associate Professor of geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) in KTR, the Circular Economy Solutions Unit. Basic degree Bach App. Sc in Physics and Geology, Phd in Mining Engineering from JKMRC University of Queensland. Work experience 18 years the JKMRC in mining industry research and development, 12 months at Ausenco in the private sector, 3 years in Belgium at the University of Liege researching Circular Economy and industrial recycling. Work experience in Finland has been at GTK has been in the Minerals Intelligence in the MTR unit, before joining the KTR. Mineral processing and geometallurgy being developed.