Decarbonization supporters may underestimate the true effect of low carbon energy in nature and climate. For example, emissions for the extraction and processing of metals for low carbon energy are poorly correlated with sustainable development goals. This was stated by the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, speaking with a key report on the 14 Eurasian Economic Forum in Verona. In his report, Igor Sechin shared the results of the analysis of existing global economy decarbonization plans.
According to the head of Rosneft, the adherents of using renewable energy also bypass such an important aspect as equipped equipment and its subsequent disposal. He led to the example of wind power plants whose service life is only about 20 years instead of 40-60. The need to replace the windmills installed at the beginning 00 is coming now, while their blades are not processed, but only fill the dumps.
“Similar problems arise in the case of solar panels, the actual service life of which is significantly less than the industry expected 30 years,” said Sechin. He also added that a serious problem is the increase in the value of the materials necessary to ensure the energy transition. Supporters of decarbonization do not take into account a number of factors that may interfere with the embodiment of their ideas.
“It is necessary to comprehensively approach the safety of energy resources for people and the environment throughout the technological chain. In the case of the same hydrogen, on which very high hopes are imposed as a promising” green “fuel of the future, it is impossible to forget that it is his explosion hazard that has become The cause of a number of catastrophes in nuclear energy and in chemical production, “added the head of Rosneft.
Igor Sechin also noted that the current year clearly showed that erroneous solutions in the field of climate policy are able to lead to significant negative consequences both for society and for the entire global economy. According to Sechina, in some cases, supporters of early care from fossil fuels ignore the risks of inevitable marketing.
“Excessive confidence in the reliability of wind generation has become one of the reasons, which led to insufficient gas reserves in the repositories. And only with the winter approaching, our European partners began to think about risks, about the real non-renewable generation universities (at the current level of technology development) Ensure stable energy supplies. All this led to record gas prices, which since the beginning of this year rose 5 times and now threaten the long-term economic recovery of Europe, “the example of Igor Sechin led.