Por que razão é importante para os materiais
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.
Do que é feito
Todos os materiais →| Material | O que faz aqui | Importância |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminium crítico | Overhead lines and some cable cores | Definição de |
| Copper crítico | Cables, windings and busbars | Definição de |
| Iron & Steel | Towers, transformer cores and enclosures | Definição de |
| Lithium crítico | Battery storage on the network | Importante |
| Silicon crítico | Grid-scale power electronics and HVDC valves | Importante |
| Zinc crítico | Galvanising every steel structure outdoors | Importante |
| Silver crítico | Contacts and switchgear | Presente |
| Vanadium crítico | Flow batteries for long-duration storage | Presente |
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…
