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The Renewable Power Of The Mine, Nicolas Maennling, Perrine Toledano
The Renewable Power Of The Mine, Nicolas Maennling, Perrine Toledano
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
Access to affordable and reliable energy is key for the mining sector and with rising demand for minerals and falling ore grades, energy demand is estimated to increase by 36% by 2035. Today, energy produced and procured by mining companies is mostly fossil fuel based. This will have to change if the sector is to contribute to the decarbonization of the world economy, needed for countries to meet the target adopted at the Paris Agreement of keeping global temperatures from rising more than 1.5-2 degrees Celsius.
At the same time, the costs of solar, wind and battery storage systems have …