The rapid growth in renewable energy technology is not sustainable if the materials and industries behind it are not, says a thesis published by PhD student Simon Davidsson. In his thesis, entitled “Renewable Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development: Davidsson said it was important to consider materials flow and to create industries that function in a resource efficient way.
The rapid growth in renewable energy technology is not sustainable if the materials and industries behind it are not, says a thesis published by PhD student Simon Davidsson. He suggests that while solar and wind technologies produce renewable energy, the materials used to produce the solar panels and wind turbines are not necessarily sustainable, hence the rapid scaling-up of renewable technology creates more pressure on resource availability further down the line. Davidsson said it was important to consider materials flow and to create industries that function in a resource efficient way.