Dr Jojo Nem Sigh is one of seven scientists from the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities interviewed for the whitepaper ‘Critical materials, green energy and geopolitics: a complex mix’, offering science-based knowledge and strategies for achieving sustainable solutions to the energy crisis
Initiated by the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Sustainability, the paper describes the energy transition as a switch from fossil fuels to metals such as iron, copper, lithium and rare earth metals.
These metals are needed for producing the required wind turbines, solar panels, electrolysers and batteries, making them critical materials for achieving the energy transition. Currently, the Netherlands and the EU must import the bulk of these materials, making us dependent on other countries.
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The paper consists of seven interviews with:
• Dr Rene Kleijn – Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University
• Dr Benjamin Sprecher – Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft
• Dr David Peck – Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft
• Dr Jojo Nem Singh - International Institute for Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Professor Ester van der Voet – Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University
• Professor Olindo Isabella – Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, TU Delft
• Dr Ronald Huisman – Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
The (local) cost of reducing our dependency on imported raw materials
In this contribution to the white paper, Nem Singh argues that the EU can no longer rely on market mechanisms to solve is raw materials problems.
He suggests that access to rare earths requires a willingness to invest domestically.
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Dr Jojo Nem Singh
