Toward carbon neutrality: Uncovering constraints on critical minerals in the Chinese power system

Wei, Wendong; Ge, Zewen; Geng, Yong; Jiang, Mingkun; Chen, Zhujun; Wu, Wei

doi:10.1016/j.fmre.2022.02.006

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“…Therefore, in future research, it is necessary to discuss how to combine economic transformation and environmental protection (Yang et al, 2019;Zhang et al, 2021), to be able to predict the future trends of RBCs in China from multiple perspectives. In addition to this, we believe that similar to Wei et al (2022), how to reasonably plan the future resource development of RBCs with an ambitious carbon neutrality target is also a worthy research direction for the future. revision.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 88%

Environmental dilemma and sustainable development of resource-based cities: A case study from northeast china

Qing

Guo

Cao

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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With ambitious carbon peak and carbon neutral targets, China has to realize it relies heavily on significant reductions in energy-related carbon emissions. Therefore, as the largest contributing region, resource-based cities (RBCs) must achieve an energy transition. Unfortunately, these cities are facing serious environmental problems. The aim of this study is to analyze the development history and problems of RBCs by using the example of the Northeast region. The results show the reasons blocking the green development of these cities include management policies and life cycles. This implies the management of RBCs needs to develop toward a win-win situation of industrial transformation and ecological protection. Finally, some policy recommendations are proposed to achieve emission reduction and sustainable development.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 88%

Environmental dilemma and sustainable development of resource-based cities: A case study from northeast china

Qing

Guo

Cao

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Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…CO 2 is the log of total CO 2 emission from the consumption of fossil-based sources such as oil, natural gas, and coal gas measured in tons CO 2 per capita. The growth of RE needed for the clean energy transition depends significantly on essential mineral resources, which may cause worries (Wei et al 2022;Tokimatsu et al 2018). The worldwide mining and metals sector is responsible for about 8% of the CO 2 emission (Ritchie and Roser 2020).…”

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How do strategic mineral resources affect clean energy transition? Cross-sectional autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) approach

2023

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In the transition to a low carbon economy, minerals are crucial. The demand for the minerals required to create and install green energy technology, such as solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and energy storage, is rising along with it. In particular, the countries that hold these mineral reserves should be thought of as thriving economically from the rising demand for essential mineral resources (such as cobalt, lithium, and others). This study uses import demand function analysis to look at how the major mineral importing countries' mineral import demand changed in response to the clean energy transitions between 2000 and 2021 for selected 14 countries. In the study, the cross-sectional autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) method was used. Findings show that long-term renewable energy production has a largely favorable impact on mineral import demand. Additionally, CO 2 emissions have a long-term negative impact on mineral import demands, but energy intensity and exchange rate are favorable for mineral imports. The findings have significant ramifications for using the mineral trade to speed up the transition to sustainable energy around the world. Therefore, the study's key proposed policy is to emphasize the value of mineral resources in clean energy while maximizing their use in the transition to carbon-free energy.

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“…As such, Pm and Sc are the scarcest rare earth elements, but have not been applied in China (Wang L et al, 2020). However, these rare earth elements are key in several high-tech industries, especially under China's ambitious carbon neutrality targets (Fishman and Frontiers in Environmental Science frontiersin.org Li et al, 2020;Wei et al, 2022). Thus, with the rapid development of emerging technologies, the demands for these REEs will grow.…”

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“…For example, by adding hydrochloric acid and oxalic acid, samarium can be recycled from Sm-Co magnet (Onoda and Kurioka, 2015). However, the recovery rate of Sm is still less than 1% in China due to the lack of policy support, backward awareness, a lack of economic incentives, and a lack of advanced recycling technologies (Xiao et al, 2022a;Ge et al, 2022).…”

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Towards carbon neutrality: Improving resource efficiency of the rare earth elements in China

Geng

Dong

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Front. Environ. Sci.

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Rare earth elements (REEs) are essential for promoting clean energy technologies and making high-performance materials because of their unique physical and chemical properties. In order to respond to climate change, the Chinese government has promised to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. Under such a circumstance, the demand for REEs will increase significantly. However, several challenges exist in current REEs supply chain management in China. This policy brief discusses these challenges from a life cycle perspective, covering REEs mining, smelting, manufacturing, waste management, and recycling. Policy recommendations on future REEs supply chain management are then proposed, including adequate mining quota, a strategic REEs list, innovative high-tech applications, and circular economy.

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Toward carbon neutrality: Uncovering constraints on critical minerals in the Chinese power system

Cited by 21 publications

References 43 publications

Environmental dilemma and sustainable development of resource-based cities: A case study from northeast china

Environmental dilemma and sustainable development of resource-based cities: A case study from northeast china

How do strategic mineral resources affect clean energy transition? Cross-sectional autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) approach

Towards carbon neutrality: Improving resource efficiency of the rare earth elements in China

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