We are excited to share, our first event of the 2024 Energy Centre Seminar Series will be presented by Professor João Ricardo Faria, Florida Atlantic University, a co-authored research paper on “Critical Minerals, Electric Goods, Geopolitical Risk, and the Global Energy Transition”. Authors include our Director, Emilson Silva and LUCCAS ASSIS ATTILIO Professor de economia, Federal University of Ouro Preto When 8th August 5-7pm Where The University of Auckland Business School Reserve your seat now - just click on the link below! "The paper’s abstract summarizes its contents and main findings: Countries are actively pursuing the energy transition, yet this process carries geopolitical consequences. Our paper delves into this dynamic by analyzing the implications of Chinese exports of critical electrical goods and geopolitical risk on national energy transitions, lithium and rare earth production and prices, and oil prices. We adopt a Global Vector Autoregressive (GVAR) model from July 2012 to December 2019 across 12 economies, with a focus on Australia (due to its near-monopolistic position in lithium), China (nearly monopolistic in rare earth), and the U.S. We construct a theoretical model that shows how Chinese geopolitical risk affects i) consumption of electrical goods, ii) renewable energy, and iii) critical minerals (lithium and rare earth). Our empirical model validates these three hypotheses. We found that Chinese exports of electrical goods create a dependency in other economies, making them reliant on the Chinese energy matrix. Furthermore, our findings show that Chinese geopolitical risk affects electrical goods consumption, energy matrices, and critical minerals through direct and indirect channels. While oil prices are generally not pivotal for the energy transition of most economies, the U.S. stands as a unique case where oil prices are essential to understanding its energy matrix and critical minerals production. We discuss the implications of our results, which suggest the potential for geopolitical tensions and the possibility of international cooperation to advance the energy transition.” https://lnkd.in/gVAwafpc
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As the world races toward clean energy, Indonesia's role as a key supplier of nickel—a critical component for EV batteries—comes with significant challenges. In our article for the Oxford Energy Forum, my co-authors Stein Kristiansen, Indra Overland, and I explore how reliance on coal-fired power for nickel smelters raises environmental and strategic questions for Indonesia and global supply chains.
New Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Oxford Energy Forum - Responding to the China challenge: Diversification and de-risking in new energy supply chains 👉 Link to Oxford Energy Forum: https://lnkd.in/e56Kvz-R 💠 As tensions between the West and China deepen, critical minerals and materials for strategic technologies, including for low-carbon energy, have become one of the battlegrounds. 💠 China’s centrality to the supply of some of these critical minerals and materials has prompted Western governments to put in place countermeasures to ease their dependence on China. But as this issue of the Oxford Energy Forum explores, reducing China’s role is more easily said than done. 💠 The authors in this issue unpack China’s dominance throughout the value chains for solar cells, wind turbines, and lithium-ion batteries, looking at some of the policies and corporate strategies that have enabled this. 💠 They also assess the effectiveness and impact of government responses to China, especially in minerals and materials. 💠 The articles in this issue discuss how mineral producing countries (including Australia and Latin American countries) are looking to diversify their investors and off-takers and balance their economic and strategic relations with China and the West. 💠 Meanwhile, a number of articles also analyse consumer government’s efforts to de-risk (such as Japan, the UK, Sweden and the US) and argue that while they have had some success in diversifying supply chains, de-risking remains an elusive objective. A better assessment and understanding of the risks is needed. Contributors: Philip Andrews-Speed Diwangkara Bagus Nugraha Parul B. Victoria Barreto Vieira do Prado John Coyne Anders Hove Stein Kristiansen Dan Marks Ahmed Mehdi Michal Meidan Tom Moerenhout Indra Overland Ian Satchwell Brad Simmons Henrik Wachtmeister #China #NewEnergySupplyChains #lithium #graphite #WindTurbines #SolarPanels #batteries #ElectricVehicles #gallium #germanium #RareEarths #innovation #IRA #EnergyTransition
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Chinese companies dominate new energy supply chains, from the upstream all the way through innovation. Which policy mechanism and corporate strategies have helped them get there? And what are governments around the world doing in response? How are consumer governments de-risking (and which are the risks that they are mitigating against?) and how are producer governments managing their commercial relations with China and their strategic relations with the West. In this latest Oxford Energy Forum, a number of excellent contributors discuss the complexities of diversification and de-risking. Check it out ⬇️
New Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Oxford Energy Forum - Responding to the China challenge: Diversification and de-risking in new energy supply chains 👉 Link to Oxford Energy Forum: https://lnkd.in/e56Kvz-R 💠 As tensions between the West and China deepen, critical minerals and materials for strategic technologies, including for low-carbon energy, have become one of the battlegrounds. 💠 China’s centrality to the supply of some of these critical minerals and materials has prompted Western governments to put in place countermeasures to ease their dependence on China. But as this issue of the Oxford Energy Forum explores, reducing China’s role is more easily said than done. 💠 The authors in this issue unpack China’s dominance throughout the value chains for solar cells, wind turbines, and lithium-ion batteries, looking at some of the policies and corporate strategies that have enabled this. 💠 They also assess the effectiveness and impact of government responses to China, especially in minerals and materials. 💠 The articles in this issue discuss how mineral producing countries (including Australia and Latin American countries) are looking to diversify their investors and off-takers and balance their economic and strategic relations with China and the West. 💠 Meanwhile, a number of articles also analyse consumer government’s efforts to de-risk (such as Japan, the UK, Sweden and the US) and argue that while they have had some success in diversifying supply chains, de-risking remains an elusive objective. A better assessment and understanding of the risks is needed. Contributors: Philip Andrews-Speed Diwangkara Bagus Nugraha Parul B. Victoria Barreto Vieira do Prado John Coyne Anders Hove Stein Kristiansen Dan Marks Ahmed Mehdi Michal Meidan Tom Moerenhout Indra Overland Ian Satchwell Brad Simmons Henrik Wachtmeister #China #NewEnergySupplyChains #lithium #graphite #WindTurbines #SolarPanels #batteries #ElectricVehicles #gallium #germanium #RareEarths #innovation #IRA #EnergyTransition
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Critical minerals have become a linchpin for modern industries and technologies, underscoring their importance in economic growth, innovation, and energy independence.They are vital for clean energy technologies like wind turbines, solar panels, and especially electric vehicle (EV) batteries. As demand surges, concerns about supply chain vulnerabilities are mounting. Most critical minerals are concentrated in just a few countries. This scarcity presents a significant obstacle in the push for clean energy transition and energy independence—goals that are increasingly tied to U.S. national security. Spending a few days with Dave Sulek Booz Allen Hamilton Jeff Lew Cate Twining-Ward at the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis fall summit looking at all angles of sustainable energy pathways Lots to learn. More to do. The research being done here will most certainly transcend the current uncertainty as we all come together for our world. #climateresilience Gil Tal
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JFIPP Fellow at Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo| Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Pleased to contribute to the latest discussion in the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Energy Forum! In my article, “Securing the Future: Japan’s Quest for Critical Minerals in the Shadow of China,” I delve into Japan's strategic response to the challenges posed by China's dominance in critical mineral supply chains. The article examines how Japan is navigating the geopolitical and economic pressures of de-risking while striving to secure the resources essential for its energy transition. #EnergySecurity #CriticalMinerals #Japan #China #EnergyTransition
New Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Oxford Energy Forum - Responding to the China challenge: Diversification and de-risking in new energy supply chains 👉 Link to Oxford Energy Forum: https://lnkd.in/e56Kvz-R 💠 As tensions between the West and China deepen, critical minerals and materials for strategic technologies, including for low-carbon energy, have become one of the battlegrounds. 💠 China’s centrality to the supply of some of these critical minerals and materials has prompted Western governments to put in place countermeasures to ease their dependence on China. But as this issue of the Oxford Energy Forum explores, reducing China’s role is more easily said than done. 💠 The authors in this issue unpack China’s dominance throughout the value chains for solar cells, wind turbines, and lithium-ion batteries, looking at some of the policies and corporate strategies that have enabled this. 💠 They also assess the effectiveness and impact of government responses to China, especially in minerals and materials. 💠 The articles in this issue discuss how mineral producing countries (including Australia and Latin American countries) are looking to diversify their investors and off-takers and balance their economic and strategic relations with China and the West. 💠 Meanwhile, a number of articles also analyse consumer government’s efforts to de-risk (such as Japan, the UK, Sweden and the US) and argue that while they have had some success in diversifying supply chains, de-risking remains an elusive objective. A better assessment and understanding of the risks is needed. Contributors: Philip Andrews-Speed Diwangkara Bagus Nugraha Parul B. Victoria Barreto Vieira do Prado John Coyne Anders Hove Stein Kristiansen Dan Marks Ahmed Mehdi Michal Meidan Tom Moerenhout Indra Overland Ian Satchwell Brad Simmons Henrik Wachtmeister #China #NewEnergySupplyChains #lithium #graphite #WindTurbines #SolarPanels #batteries #ElectricVehicles #gallium #germanium #RareEarths #innovation #IRA #EnergyTransition
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As the world strives to cut back on carbon emissions, demand for minerals and metals needed for clean energy technologies is growing rapidly, sometimes straining existing supply chains and harming local environments. In a new study published today in Joule, Elsa Olivetti, a professor of materials science and engineering and director of the Decarbonizing Energy and Industry mission within MIT’s Climate Project, along with recent graduates Basuhi Ravi PhD ’23 and Karan Bhuwalka PhD ’24 and nine others, examine the case of nickel, which is an essential element for some electric vehicle batteries and parts of some solar panels and wind turbines.How robust is the supply of this vital metal, a ...
3 Questions: Can we secure a sustainable supply of nickel?
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Geopolitics of Energy Technology and Minerals | Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
In my first report for the Carnegie Endowment, I explore how the U.S. can adopt an innovation-centric green industrial strategy focused on leapfrog technologies that bypass supply chain risks or tap into less-saturated, net-zero sectors. The report analyzes new energy and industrial technologies being developed in the U.S., emphasizing their role in boosting domestic resilience and achieving low-carbon goals. Key examples include alternative battery chemistries, next-generation geothermal, cutting-edge grid and storage systems, and low-carbon heavy industry. It also outlines domestic and foreign policy considerations to advance various technologies both at home and abroad. https://lnkd.in/eAHk8Zfb
Catching Up or Leaping Ahead? How Energy Innovation Can Secure U.S. Industrial Stature in a Net-Zero World
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Discover the future of energy dominance with insights from Dr.David Batstone. This is a must-read for professionals engaged in energy sustainability and innovation. #EnergyLeadership #Innovation #SustainableEnergy Read blog post: https://lnkd.in/gWBatk37 Snippet from: “Unleashing Energy Dominance.” Written by: Dr. David Batstone, Cofounder, CEO & Board Chair, Regenerate Technology Global 📝 On his first day in office President Trump issued a series of Executive Orders, none more strategic and consequential for the US economy than the directive “Unleashing Energy Dominance.” While the Order encompasses a broad spectrum of energy initiatives, it specifically prioritizes the domestic production and processing of critical minerals. While in some respects a continuation of the IRA initiatives of the Biden administration, the Order issues a mandate to accelerate the sourcing and processing of metals critical to industrial production within the USA, as well as in close collaboration with its allies (such as Australia and Europe). Top US economists and industrialists recognize that the US is vulnerable in a world wherein China controls over 80% of critical minerals. Both the USA, and Europe face an urgency to store critical minerals that are essential for its own industrial base, and pursue innovation in the processing and refining of these metals. The timing of the Order is ideal for Regenerate Technology’s entrance into the USA market in 2025 following a successful launch in Europe in early 2024. We process and refine battery materials – sourcing from both end-of-life batteries or manufacturing waste – and upscale the materials so that the batteries in the next generation will have higher energy density and performance than the previous battery. Regenerate works across battery types: lead-acid, lithium-ion, and alkaline. We aim to enable the production of the world’s best batteries while sourcing and processing battery materials domestically in the USA and Europe. -
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Report launch: A #JustTransition for #Coal Regions: new index and insights from Shanxi and Europe As the world accelerates toward a cleaner energy future, ensuring a just and equitable transition for coal regions is a critical challenge – and an opportunity. This event marks the release of a new report comparing six coal regions across #China, #Poland, #Germany and the #UK, with a special focus on #Shanxi Province in China and its European counterparts. To be able to conduct these comparative studies, the Just Energy Transition Index (#JETI) was developed. The JETI is a comprehensive tool designed to evaluate the progress of a coal region's transition towards a more sustainable and equitable energy future. It aims to support the development of tailored, region-specific transition strategies that ensure economic, environmental and social sustainability while prioritising equity and inclusion. Besides the JETI, the report dives deeply into innovative solutions for supporting workers and communities, offering insights into #employment challenges and effective #EconomicDiversification strategies. By drawing lessons from successful practices worldwide, it provides actionable pathways for coal-dependent regions to embrace a more sustainable and prosperous future. Co-hosted by Agora Energy Transition China, Agora Energiewende and Energy Foundation China, this event will bring together leading experts, policymakers and academics to discuss the report’s findings and their practical implications. Ms. Zhou Yang (Agora Energy Transition China) will present key findings of the report, followed with Professor Xianqiang Mao (Beijing Normal University), our author partner, on the Just Energy Transition Index of the six coal regions. Distinguished external experts, including Dr. YANG Fuqiang (Institute of Energy at Peking University), Ms. Nga Ngo Thuy (Agora Energiewende), professor Michael Davidson (UC San Diego), and Mr. ZHANG Jian (Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development at Tsinghua University), will provide their comments on the report with perspectives of China, Germany, and the US. The other leading authors of the report – Dr. ZHANG Ying (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Dr. GAO Yubing (Beijing Normal University), Ms. WANG Yating (Shanxi Coshare Innovation Institute of Energy & Environment), and Ms. Konstancja Ziółkowska (Forum Energii) – will join a panel discussion to share their insights on Polish and Shanxi’s coal regions on employment issues and economic diversification. Join us online to explore how to transform challenges into opportunities and ensure no one is left behind on the road to a just energy transition. If you are in Beijing, you could register for in-person attendance via Agora Energy Transition China's wechat account (@博众智合能源转型). https://lnkd.in/gSugY6Af
A just transition for coal regions: new index and insights from Shanxi and Europe
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The Energy Driven Self-Immolation of the West in a Single Chart Energy analyst David Turver, who maintains his own Substack newsletter at this link, published a great chart Saturday that clearly illustrates the way the western democracies (now more like semi-democracies) are eagerly pursuing a radical de-industrialization of their economies to the benefit of China. Fellow BRICS members India and Brazil are also benefitting from this self-immolation of the West to a lesser extent. This is not a coincidence, and it helps to explain why so many other nations - 23 in 2023 according to reports - applied to become members of the BRICS alliance in the last two years as it surpasses the G7 as the world’s strongest economic trade alliance. Many readers here will remember that BRICS approved membership for Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) effective January 1, 2024. More recently, Turkey became the first NATO member to formally apply for BRICS membership. Among other significant factors, the inclusion of Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the UAE means BRICS now represents a bigger share of global crude oil production than OPEC. Given that oil is the most-internationally traded commodity on earth, that is a powerful reality. Of course, the conceit of the globalist, authoritarian brutes who cling to control in most Western nations is that they can solve this nebulous concept called “climate change” by deindustrializing their economies to cut the use of oil, natural gas, and coal, force the meek masses to crowd into their 15-minute cities, and run what little economic activity remains with windmills and solar arrays covering the countryside. That is literally the plan, in case you weren’t already aware, and they are well down the path to achieving their goals. Nowhere is this plan and the economic destruction it creates more obvious than in the #UK, where Mr. Turver resides, and in #Germany, which has led the way in climate/energy policy lunacy for the last 15 years or so. The charts he published Saturday clearly illustrate that reality, as well as the magnitude of the transfer of industrial activity to #China, #India, and #Brazil that is taking place. The charts also contain a stark warning for Americans and the direction the #Biden cabal is taking our country. You can read the rest at the link below. Enjoy. #Energy #energyabsurdity #climatechange #windpower #solarpower #oil #naturalgas #coal #BRICS
The Energy Driven Self-Immolation of the West in a Single Chart
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