소재 분야에서의 중요성
Electrification is a grid problem before it is anything else. Every new wind farm, solar field, factory and data centre needs conductors, transformers and switchgear — and transformers need grain-oriented electrical steel, which is itself a constrained product.
구성 성분
전체 소재 →| 소재 | 여기에서의 기능 | 중요도 |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminium 핵심 광물 | Overhead lines and some cable cores | 정의 |
| Copper 핵심 광물 | Cables, windings and busbars | 정의 |
| Iron & Steel | Towers, transformer cores and enclosures | 정의 |
| Lithium 핵심 광물 | Battery storage on the network | 중요 |
| Silicon 핵심 광물 | Grid-scale power electronics and HVDC valves | 중요 |
| Zinc 핵심 광물 | Galvanising every steel structure outdoors | 중요 |
| Silver 핵심 광물 | Contacts and switchgear | 현재 |
| Vanadium 핵심 광물 | Flow batteries for long-duration storage | 현재 |
Aluminium
A light silvery metal made by passing an enormous electric current through dissolved bauxite — which is why people…
Copper
The reddish metal that carries electricity better than anything except silver, and which humans have been smelting…
Iron & Steel
Iron with a little carbon in it, and the most-produced manufactured material on the planet.
Lithium
A soft, silvery metal so light it floats on water, and the element that lets a rechargeable battery store a lot of…
Silicon
The second-most-common element in the Earth's crust — ordinary sand — purified until only one atom in a billion is…
Zinc
The metal that steel is dipped in so it does not rust — a sacrificial coating that corrodes instead of the iron…
