TY - THES

T1 - Raw Material's Production Data: An Analysis of International Data Collections and Their Applications

AU - Kügerl, Marie-Theres

N1 - embargoed until null

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - This Master’s Thesis is divided into three parts. First, three international data collections (World Mining Data, British Geological Survey, United States Geological Survey) of raw material’s production data, and one collection on European level (Eurostat) are evaluated. The assessment includes commodities reported, countries covered, additional information on the commodity, as well as strengths and weaknesses of each report. Secondly, applications using these reports are discussed, showing numerous studies and policy measurements relying on the figures by the data collections. This includes the criticality study of the European Union, Material Flow Analysis, and Sustainable Development Goals. Thirdly, two power plants are compared in terms of material requirements for their construction – a combined heat and power plant and a wind farm. The amount of materials used per kilowatt hour of electricity production is assessed, as well as their recyclability and criticality for the EU.

AB - This Master’s Thesis is divided into three parts. First, three international data collections (World Mining Data, British Geological Survey, United States Geological Survey) of raw material’s production data, and one collection on European level (Eurostat) are evaluated. The assessment includes commodities reported, countries covered, additional information on the commodity, as well as strengths and weaknesses of each report. Secondly, applications using these reports are discussed, showing numerous studies and policy measurements relying on the figures by the data collections. This includes the criticality study of the European Union, Material Flow Analysis, and Sustainable Development Goals. Thirdly, two power plants are compared in terms of material requirements for their construction – a combined heat and power plant and a wind farm. The amount of materials used per kilowatt hour of electricity production is assessed, as well as their recyclability and criticality for the EU.

KW - raw materials

KW - production data

KW - circular economy

KW - sustainable development goals

KW - raw material policy

KW - material flow analysis

KW - material intensity renewable energy production

KW - Rohstoffe

KW - Produktionsdaten

KW - Rohstoffinitiativen

KW - nachhaltige Entwicklungsziele

KW - Kreislaufwirtschaft

KW - Materialflussanalyse

KW - Ressourcenintensität erneuerbarer Energieproduktion

M3 - Master's Thesis

ER -