122 Metals The foundation of lowcarbon value chains The transition to a climateneutral Europe can only be achieved with sufcient amounts of nonferrous metals For e xample the W orld Bank in 2017 projected that 300 more metals will be demanded by the world s wind turbines by 2050 200 more metals for solar panels and 1000 more metals for batteries 15 The European Commission has therefore set itself an objective to further develop its raw materials value chains to meet growing demand for lowcarbon technologies including batteries clean mobility hybrid electric fuel cells and renewable energy wind solar Doing so will require that Europe holds and e xpands its mark et share across all stages of the raw materials value chain e xtraction processing and recycling Europe s domestic supply of precious and critical metals is in a large part dependent on an industrial base for producing and recycling the basic metals aluminium copper lead nick el and zinc These metals are carriers for other essential metals ranging from cobalt to gold a tteries olar o e r i o e r Clea Moilit Eletr ois ri Ga Gallium Ge Germanium In Indium Se Selenium Cd Cadmium Ag Silver Ge Germanium In Indium Se Selenium In Indium Ta T antalum Au Gold Pt Platinum Pd P alladium Cu Copper Co Cobalt Os Osmium Ir Iridium Ru Ruthenium Li Lithium Mn Manganese W T ungsten Nd Neodymium Dy Dysprosium other R are Earth metals Plus other applications including energyecient buildings aerospace CCS more Al Aluminium Sn Tin Si Silicon Silicon Pb L ead Zn Zinc Ni Nick el Cu Copper Se Selenium Os Osmium Ir Iridium Ru Ruthenium Pt Platinum Pd P alladium Mo Molybdenum Te T ellurium Co Cobalt Ag Silver Au Gold Co Cobalt Supplying Europe s lowcarbon technologies through an integrated metals ecosystem 15 W orld Bank The Growing R ole of Minerals and Metals for a L ow Carbon Future 2017 MET ALS IN A CLIMA TE NEUTRAL EUROPE A 2050 BL UEPRINT 12