In both scenarios, EVs and battery storage account for about half of the mineral demand growth from clean energy technologies over the next two decades, spurred by surging demand for battery materials. Mineral demand from EVs and battery storage grows tenfold in the STEPS and over 30 times in the SDS over the period to 2040.

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The Panatère adventure began five years ago when its founder, Raphaël Broye, had the idea to transform a problem into an ecological solution. “We have been active in watchmaking subcontracting for around forty years and five years ago we found ourselves faced with major problems with the supply of quality steel,” he explains. “We approached several large steelmakers in Europe but found ourselves faced with quantity problems.

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"Electrical solar panels, they never have an efficiency of more than about 20 per cent," Seegers said. "Only 20 per cent of the sunlight gets converted into electricity. So we need a huge amount of solar panels to create a huge amount of electrical energy."

For each of the clean energy technologies, we estimate overall mineral demand using four main variables: clean energy deployment clique neste link trends under the STEPS and SDS; sub-technology shares within each technology area; mineral intensity of each sub-technology; and mineral intensity improvements.2

"I really advocate for using energy when it's there and in the shape that we get it," he added. "For example the sun's heat, we can use it as heat and as light during the day."

“Our material will be cem% recycled and melted using renewable energy,” proudly says Liselotte Thuring, project manager. Instead of sourcing recycled metal bars from China, Panatère plans to produce and use its own steel.

While most heavy trucks are reliant on LFP batteries in the medium term, our base case also sees modest growth in the market share of LFP for cars due to its increasing use in China and entry-level models.

Over the next two decades, wind power is set for strong growth, with the offshore wind industry maturing and adding to developments in onshore wind on the back of technology improvements and low-cost financing.

In the SDS, demand for REEs in wind – neodymium and praseodymium in particular – is set to more than triple by 2040, driven by the doubling of annual capacity additions and a shift towards turbines with permanent magnets.

Steel produced by these innovative companies will be among the greenest on the planet, but as the industry increasingly moves away from coal powered operations, the world’s steel is only set to get more sustainable.