Critical minerals are the hidden foundation of renewable energy, advanced technology, national security, and global economic power. In this episode, “Critical Minerals Supply Chain Risks: The Hidden Challenge Facing Renewable Energy,” we explore why wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles, batteries, grid storage, defense systems, semiconductors, and other modern technologies depend so heavily on minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, graphite, manganese, rare earth elements, gallium, germanium, and chromium.

We map out the biggest U.S. vulnerabilities in the critical minerals supply chain, including foreign dependence, mineral processing bottlenecks, geopolitical risk, mining constraints, permitting challenges, refining capacity, trade pressure, and concentration of supply in countries like China. This conversation connec ...