The article is shit, the study is about copper used for reducing fossil-fuel power generation. It is basing the projected use of copper on windmills and especially large batteries.
Those high-powered and long distance power lines are made aluminium and steel.
Distribution doesn’t just include long distance distribution. It includes all the wiring between transformers and houses and all the internal wiring of the house and all the devices inside etc.
The article is shit, the study is about copper used for reducing fossil-fuel power generation. It is basing the projected use of copper on windmills and especially large batteries.
Those high-powered and long distance power lines are made aluminium and steel.
And that part is entirely independent from whether the electricity is generated with solar, wind or fossil fuels.