Avoid the global economic crisis against the background of the energy crisis in Europe, it is possible to stop mixing energy and policies, which largely determines the climate agenda. This was announced by the director of the National Energy Security Foundation (FNEB) Konstantin Simonov, his words leads “Russian Gazeta”.
He recalled that the reserves developed on Earth are limited, and concentrated in several countries.
According to Simonov, the global crisis can lead rise to the price of almost all used in the renewable energy of rare-earth metals, including lithium and cobalt, and the power introduction of renewable energy sources (RES). If the power introduction of renewables does not stop, the world may encounter “new coils of the energy crisis, each of which will be stronger than the previous one.”
Simonov explained that renewable energy requires resources from which windmills and solar panels are manufactured. Windmills by 70 percent consist of metals and alloys, and solar panels are made from silicon, so their rise in price will be reflected in the cost of generating new power reeds. At the same time, the reasons for the increase in prices for accessories for renewable renovation in the refusal of coal, oil and gas, so we need a reasonable, weighted approach.
The director of the Financial University under the Government of Russia Valery Andrianov also agrees with the opinion of Simonov. According to him, many projects in the field of renewable may be threatened. “Almost all rare-earth metals and other elements that are used in renewable energy and electric transport have risen in price,” Andrianov emphasized. Especially painful, according to him, the rise in price of rare-earth metals for the production of electric vehicles. At the same time, China owns a significant part of rare-earth strategic metals, which leads to the dependence of the global electromotive industry from the PRC.