Scenarios for Demand Growth of Metals in Electricity Generation Technologies, Cars, and Electronic Appliances.

ABSTRACT: This study provides scenarios toward 2050 for the demand of five metals in electricity production, cars, and electronic appliances. The metals considered are copper, tantalum, neodymium, cobalt, and lithium. The study shows how highly technology-specific data on products and material flows can be used in integrated assessment models to assess global resource and metal demand. We use the Shared Socio-economic Pathways as implemented by the IMAGE integrated assessment model as a starting point. This allows us to translate information on the use of electronic appliances, cars, and renewable energy technologies into quantitative data on metal flows, through application of metal content estimates in combination with a dynamic stock model. Results show that total demand for copper, neodymium, an

SUBMITTER: Deetman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5906757 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature