How Cleaner Energy Can Be Derived from Mining
With more countries around the globe adopting green standards and using more renewable energies, the natural resource industry is presented with the rather important role of providing the minerals that renewable energy relies on. For instance, by 2050, the International Renewable Energy Agency expects that the worldwide capacity of solar power will be at 8,519 GW. The production of PV panels requires rare earth elements such as cadmium and indium as well as copper and aluminum. Likewise, turbine generators need neodymium, which is used in magnets. And if you didn’t know already, wind turbines are manufactured from steel, which means…