Wind Energy in Germany Developing Too Slowly
Many wind turbines are stuck in approval procedures, according to industry associations Bundesverband Windenergie and VDMA Power Systems.
Many wind turbines are stuck in approval procedures, according to industry associations Bundesverband Windenergie and VDMA Power Systems.
Demand for strategic raw materials remains strong. Pandemic remains challenge.
Business risks are currently primarily digital, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer 2022.
The James Webb Telescope is to provide deeper insights into the history of the formation of space. After numerous delays, the high-tech telescope set off on its mission at Christmas. Technology metals such as indium and tellurium played an important role in its construction.
The dependence on imports of rare earth elements from China will increase further as a result of the planned phase-out of combustion engine technology and the expansion of renewable energies. New raw material deposits are therefore being sought. In this series, rawmaterials.net presents promising candidates. This time we go to the south, to the Iberian Peninsula.
This year, perhaps more than ever before, the complexity and vulnerability of global flows of raw materials and goods have been brought to the attention of a broad public. The same applies to the strong dependence on Asia, especially on China. The envisaged energy transition also raises awareness of the fact that this dependency will increase in the future.