The Geo Vision for Energy (GEO-VENER) recognizes the critical importance of energy in working toward sustainable development and poverty eradication. SDG 7 explicitly seeks to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. In achieving SDG7, new linkages and technical innovations are needed that incorporate both renewable energy and the growing demand for mineral resources, including CRMs, induced by the development of renewable energies and the energy transition towards a decarbonated society. This session will explore current applications, user linkages, and uptake in energy management as well as seek ideas for new partnerships.

The goal of the side event will be two-fold: 1) share updates and draw connections between mineral resources and renewable energy as the world strives to achieve SDG 7 and 2) explore how a revitalized GEO-VENER Community of Practice (CoP), particularly in the Asia Pacific region due to the meeting location, can help ensure continued progress and coordination. After a series of presentations, a discussion will be facilitated to learn more about applications and determine a path forward for an engaged GEO-VENER CoP.

Provisional program:

Natasha Sadoff (Battelle) – Introduction to the session (5 minutes)

Stéphane Chevrel (MinPol GmbH, Austria) – Impact of energy transition on minerals resources (20 minutes)

Pierre Lacroix (Unige) – Extractive Essential Variables (EEVs) to quantify the impacts of mineral extraction for Renewable energies (20 minutes)

Natasha Sadoff – The US perspective on GEO-VENER and the link between minerals resource management and renewable energies (20 minutes)

Lionel Ménard – NextGEOSS: Constructing Gridded Data for Grid Operations (20 minutes)

Discussion with the room

Natasha Sadoff and Stéphane Chevrel: concluding remarks.

Organizers

Batelle, NASA, MINES ParisTech

Contact

Natasha SADOFF, Thierry RANCHIN (sadoffn@battelle.org, thierry.ranchin@mines-paristech.fr)