Closing the TIMES Integrated Assessment Model (TIAM‐FR) Raw Materials Gap with Life Cycle Inventories

摘要: Integrated assessment models are in general not constrained by mineral resource supply. In this paper, we introduce a material accounting method as first step toward addressing the raw materials gap TIMES integrated model (TIAM‐FR version). The consists of attributing process‐based life cycle inventories (LCIs) taken from ecoinvent 3.3 database to TIAM‐FR technology processes constituting global energy system. We demonstrate performing prospective exercise on electricity‐generating sector second shared socioeconomic pathway (SSP2) baseline scenario 2010–2100 time horizon. start disaggregating LCIs into three separate phases (construction, operation, and decommissioning) coupling them their respective electric outputs (new capacities, electricity production, end‐of‐life capacities) order estimate annual requirements. Prospective uses fossil fuels metallic nonmetallic resources quantified dynamically at phase regional levels (15 world regions). construction hydropower, solar power, wind power plants generate increasing use successive peak valley periods. However, is much higher than all along Finally, evaluate how sensitive allocation share infrastructure activities decommissioning phase. This approach could be extended other possibly sectors.