August 31st, 2023
This report was developed for the United States Energy Association (USEA) to describe the opportunity for recovering critical materials (CMs) from electronic waste (e-waste). The research summarized herein includes: 1) a review of the location and purpose of CMs in a selection of electronic devices, 2) descriptions of the current supply chain, recycling infrastructure and the challenges they pose in achieving e-waste circularity, and 3) an assessment of state-of-the art recovery technologies, their current scales, and the existing gaps.
August 18th, 2023
The energy sector faces complex challenges that can only be solved through the collaboration of multiple stakeholders from all facets of the energy ecosystem. Examples of such challenges are increased resilience of the electric power system to natural disasters, decarbonizing energy, enabling energy access and equity to all, facilitating economic development by enhancing grid reliability and power quality, protecting energy security against the effects of global fuel shortages and price spikes, and meeting all these challenges using a viable business model that promotes sustained growth.
August 18th, 2023
This white paper introduces the Electric Utility Circularity (EUC) framework for executing circularity for an electric utility. The white paper provides actionable steps for stakeholder mapping, business model evaluation, organizational structuring, and managing practices providing examples to demonstrate how utilities and other energy sector stakeholders can apply the circularity process. The steps offered by the white paper can help make immediate improvements when planning more considerable opportunities across the asset value chain.
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