AHEAD THROUGH BLOCKCHAIN ​​STRATEGIES AND SUPPLY CHAIN ​​SOLUTIONS OF THE NEXT FUTURE Today, the data shows a looming mismatch between the world’s heightened climate ambitions and the availability of critical minerals essential to realizing those ambitions. As part of these coming demands, SSR is confident that we can provide massive benefits from a number of economic perspectives. Commodities are vital to the economy. They form a strong industrial base in which a wide range of goods and applications for daily life as well as modern technologies are produced. Reliable and unhindered access to specific commodities from around the world is an upcoming challenge to be solved. The demand for critical raw materials for energy technologies will increase in the future. The supply of critical raw materials for the manufacture of all components in the framework of the ongoing energy transition is gaining more importance. Hydrogen is a versatile energy carrier, which can help to tackle various critical energy challenges. Clean hydrogen, being produced from renewables, nuclear or fossil fuels with CCUS – Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the capture and storing of carbon dioxide (CO2) before it is released into the atmosphere, can help to decarbonise a range of sectors, including long-haul transport, chemicals, iron and steel, where it is proven difficult to reduce emissions. PEM fuel cells are electrochemical devices that convert fuels such as hydrogen directly into electricity without combustion. Hydrogen fuel offers an attractive potential clean energy solution. Fuel cells can make a significant contribution to sustainable and safe energy supply systems by using the technology synergy of two basic energy carriers of the future: electricity and hydrogen. A variety of critical noble metals are used to fabricate the proton exchange membrane (PEM) in fuel cells. With a target of 40 GW electrolysis capacity for renewable hydrogen by 2030, market demand will steadily increase. SSR is able to meet the increasing demand for critical and precious metals as part of the energy transition.
