Tracing metal footprints via global renewable power value chains

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 3703 - 14
• Main Authors: Fu, Rao, Peng, Kun, Wang, Peng, Zhong, Honglin, Chen, Bin, Zhang, Pengfei, Zhang, Yiyi, Chen, Dongyang, Liu, Xi, Feng, Kuishuang, Li, Jiashuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.06.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/172/4081; 704/844/4081; Carbon Dioxide - analysis; China; Demand; Economic Development; Electric industries; Footprints; Global economy; Green buildings; Humanities and Social Sciences; Industry; Metals; multidisciplinary; Paperboard; Renewable Energy; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Supply chain sustainability; Supply chains; China

The globally booming renewable power industry has stimulated an unprecedented interest in metals as key infrastructure components. Many economies with different endowments and levels of technology participate in various production stages and cultivate value in global renewable power industry product...