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Global Renewable Energy Analysis

Rare Earth Metals Global Demand and Supply
Date posted: 2023/01/13

Rare Earth Supply


World's has Rare earth element, or REE,reserves of 120-million-tonnes Rare earths are relatively abundant in the Earths crust, but minable concentrations are less
common than for most other mineral commodities.
Substitutes are available for many applications but generally are less effective.

CountryDeposits in tonnnes2021 Supply
China44M 168,000
Vietnam22M 400
Russia21M 2,700
Brazil21M 500
India6.9M 2,900
Australia4M 22,000
USA1.8M 43,000
Sweden1M 0
Tanzanian0.9M 0
South Africa0.8M 0


Recycling: Limited quantities of rare earths are recovered from batteries, permanent magnets, and fluorescent lamps

Rare Earth Elements Demand


The REE market was around $10 billion-$15 billion/year globally or 280,000tonnes in 2021 Growing at 8% per year. Demand for them is expected to increase fivefold by 2030.



Sources - usgs.gov
URL - Rare Earth Metals Global Demand and Supply

Global Electic Vehicle Market
Date posted: 2022/10/29

EV market Sales by Country

Globally about 58M Cars were sold and 14% of the cars were EVs. As of 2021, there are 21 millon EVs on the road globally and 1.4 Billion cars on the road. So aouut 1.4% of total cars on road are electric.China is the top EV market in total EV cars sold and Norway leads as a percentage of total Cars sold. Europe s the next followed by US. Rest of world is yet to get on EV bandwagon

Annual BEV and PHEV Car Sales

Country2021 Total Car Sales2021 Total EV SalesBEVPHEV% share of total car sales
Global58MM7.8MM-0014%
China21MM3.5MM2.5MMM1MM29%
USA15M630K-005.2%
Europe11M2.3M-0019%
Gemany2.6M695K-0027%
Norway176K154K-85%
India3M---
Brazil2M--
Japan3.6M---
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Top Global EV Brands

Brand2022 Total EV Sales2022 Total BEV SalesPHEV Sales% EV share
BYD-0016%
Tesla-0012%
Wuling-008%
Volkswagon-008%

URL - Global Electic Vehicle Market

Global Electricity Generation Fossil vs Non-fossil
Date posted: 2022/10/16

In 2020, Amoung the top 20 countries that produce 80% of electricity, France leads the list with over 90% of electricity coming from non--fossil low carbon sources. Brazil,
Canada, Spain, United Kingdom and Germany also have high percentage share of non-fossil low carbon fuel source.
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Taiwan have the lowest share.

Fossil%Non-Fossil%
France9.0%91.0%
Brazil13.1%86.9%
Canada16.1%83.9%
Spain33.5%66.5%
United Kingdom38.9%61.1%
Germany42.7%57.3%
Italy56.6%43.4%
Russia59.4%40.6%
United States59.9%40.1%
World61.1%38.9%
Turkey61.8%38.2%
South Korea65.8%34.2%
China66.0%34.0%
Australia74.5%25.5%
India75.5%24.5%
Mexico76.8%23.2%
Japan76.9%23.1%
Indonesia82.3%17.7%
Taiwan83.4%16.6%
Iran88.7%11.3%
Saudi Arabia99.9%0.1%

Source - EIA
URL - Global Electricity Generation Fossil vs Non-fossil

Global Electricity Generation by Country 2020
Date posted: 2022/10/16

The top 5 countries account for more than 55% of total generation and top 20 countries acccont for more tha 80% of total consumption.

China leads the list by accounting for almost 29% of total global electricity generation. Electricity generation is reducing in developed countries while it is increasing rapidly in developing countries.

Overall electriciity generation is incrreasing 2% annually

Electricity net generation (billion kWh)
201020202010 to 2020 growth rate2010 to 2020 annual growth rate
World20475.125608.225.1%2.3%
China3986.97463.087.2%6.5%
United States4127.64048.7-1.9%-0.2%
India916.51506.464.4%5.1%
Russia980.91026.74.7%0.5%
Japan1079.2942.2-12.7%-1.3%
Canada581.7624.07.3%0.7%
Brazil506.7603.219.0%1.8%
South Korea476.8553.916.2%1.5%
Germany594.8545.5-8.3%-0.9%
France540.0506.5-6.2%-0.6%
Saudi Arabia225.7344.252.5%4.3%
Mexico264.4325.523.1%2.1%
Turkey216.0324.850.4%4.2%
Iran219.5304.338.7%3.3%
United Kingdom363.6303.5-16.5%-1.8%
Taiwan243.5276.013.4%1.3%
Italy288.9273.0-5.5%-0.6%
Indonesia161.0272.969.5%5.4%
Spain287.2251.2-12.6%-1.3%
Australia233.6250.77.3%0.7%

Source - EIA
URL - Global Electricity Generation by Country 2020





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