Circular economy and renewable energy

Olabi, Abdul Ghani

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2019.05.196

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“…Underpinned by interdisciplinary by its very nature, energy efficiency has been analysed from different perspectives. For instance, there is comprehensive scholarship literature on technological advancements to improve energy efficiency, most importantly, from various renewable energy sources [ [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] ], including the technologies for industrial waste heat recovery [ 11 , 12 ] with a specific emphasis being placed either on one [ 13 ], or several industrial branches, such as the aluminium, ceramic, and steel industries [ 14 ]. Some reports focused on the larger scale of EU and beyond in attempt to identify best practices and case studies for industrial energy efficiency improvements [ 15 ].…”

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Energy efficiency in the industrial sector in the EU, Slovenia, and Spain

Malinauskaitė

Jouhara

Egilegor

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Energy

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‘Energy efficiency first’ is one of the key principles of the Energy Union, mainly due to it being the most cost eﬀective way to reduce emissions, improving energy security, enhancing competitiveness and making energy consumption more aﬀordable for all consumers. In light of the revised EU Energy Efficiency Directive, this paper discusses new developments brought by the EU together with the national case studies of Slovenia and Spain. Given that the paper has a specific focus on the industrial sector, it discusses the selected measures of the Energy Efficiency Directive, such as defined in Articles 7, 8, and 14, which are the most relevant to this sector. The paper also explores the newly issued integrated national energy and climate plans together with national measures and policies that support energy efficiency in industry, including the quantification of achieved and forecast energy savings in these two EU Member States.

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Section: Background and Methodologymentioning

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Energy efficiency in the industrial sector in the EU, Slovenia, and Spain

Malinauskaitė

Jouhara

Egilegor

et al. 2020

Energy

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“…The eco-technologies group is composed by the techniques, raw materials, and production systems supported by a non-stop research work. Innovation allows the accomplishment of objectives that transform people's lives on a global scale, based on: (i) circular economy: use of resources, manufacturing-production, consumption, waste, and recycling; (ii) decrease: modify the way of consuming, reducing waste, the amount of energy used and pollution; and (iii) sustainability: finding a way to meet current needs without putting the resources of future generations at risk [82][83][84][85][86].…”

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Industrial Processes Management for a Sustainable Society: Global Research Analysis

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Few decades ago, the development of the industrial sector was disconnected from society’s protection. Negative effects awareness emerges from the current industrial processes through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), considering the causal implications to build up a more sustainable society. The aim of this study is to analyze the state of the art in industrial processes management to obtain positive and sustainable effects on society. Thus, a bibliometric analysis of 1911 articles was set up during the 1988–2019 period, bringing up the authors’ productivity indicators in the scientific field, that is, journals, authors, research institutions, and countries. We have identified environmental management; the impact assessments of industrial processes on the environment and its relation with a more sustainable society; as well as the study of the sustainable management of water resources as the related axes in the study of environmental protection with political, economic, and educational approaches. The growing trend of world scientific publications let us observe the relevance of industrial processes management in the implementation of efficient models to achieve sustainable societies. This research contributes to the academic, scientific, and social debate on decision-making both in public and private institutions, and in multidisciplinary groups.

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“…Apart from distinct environmental, social and economic advantages, according to some authors, production of BF may open a door for the transition of economy from the linear model to the closed cycle model or "circular economy" [188][189][190][191][192]. It is believed that transition to the circular economy is the most efficient method to provide sustainable development.…”

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Biofuel Application as a Factor of Sustainable Development Ensuring: The Case of Russia

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2019

Energies

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Diffusion of the biofuels (BF) using is justified by opening up the opportunities for obtaining fuel and energy from previously inaccessible sources and by the existence of energy-deficient regions, in particular in Russia. Works of different scientists on the problems of creating and using BF were the methodological basis of this study. Information on the state and prospects of the development of renewable energy sources in Russian regions was collected from regulatory documents and was obtained by employing a questionnaire survey. For the study of the collected materials, the different methods of comparative analysis, and the methods of expert assessments were used. The results of the Status-Quo analysis of BF production in Russia have shown that the creation of BF performed relatively successfully. However, there are many more perspectives, connected with expanding the utilization of the different raw materials. Also, the analysis of organizational and economic mechanisms applied for production of BF and the obtained data on several organizations-producers allowed for proposing six indexes for the assessment of the BF production effectiveness. It is suggested that BF production in Russia will contribute to the sustainable development of a number of the country's regions in the near future.Energies 2019, 12, 3948 2 of 30 impact of permanent anthropogenic factors has required the taking of appropriate measures in this field both at the federal and regional levels. In particular, the accumulation of industrial, agricultural, and household wastes is becoming an essential incentive for the development of innovative activities aiming at the production of biofuel (BF). According to the existing data [3], the resource potential of recyclable organic waste biomass, including solid household wastes and sediments of wastewaters reaches 13,490.26 tons of coal equivalent (TCE) per year in Russia. This study led both at the federal level and in particular regions which have significant differences in terms of economic, geographic, and climatic conditions. According to pessimistic forecasts, the share of green energy in the Russian economy will arrive at 3-5% by 2035, according to positive ones, it will be equal to 8-10%. The proposed share of BF in the production of electric and heat energy with targeted management could be about 2-3% [4].Different geographic, climatic, economic, and other conditions in regions of Russia necessitate solving several scientific problems for optimization of the existing regional programs for the provision of sustainable development and determination of the role of REn and BF production in them.Therefore, the progress in BF production achieved in some leading countries has become a significant factor which causes a positive impact on the sustainable development of their economies. This gives rise to the suggestion that Russia has some conditions for a more extensive application of REn, in particular, for BF production and use. Correspondingly, this article characterizes some general trends of B...

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Circular economy and renewable energy

Cited by 77 publications

References 101 publications

Energy efficiency in the industrial sector in the EU, Slovenia, and Spain

Energy efficiency in the industrial sector in the EU, Slovenia, and Spain

Industrial Processes Management for a Sustainable Society: Global Research Analysis

Biofuel Application as a Factor of Sustainable Development Ensuring: The Case of Russia

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