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Circular Economy and Energy Transition

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Renewable Energy in Circular Economy

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The Green Deal commits Europe to the goal of being a climate-neutral continent by 2050, which would be impossible to achieve without moving towards a decarbonised economy and a sustainable energy model. That is why the systematic application of the principles of the Circular Economy in the new energy production model is the necessary tool to achieve a successful energy transition in Europe, as well as in the rest of the world. One of the consequences of this process is that renewable energies originating from waste will multiply in the coming decades, so the energy sector will require rapid implementation of circular principles to properly manage this waste and optimize the energy efficiency of its processes. On the other hand, it is expected that in the next 10 years the waste generated by the clean energy infrastructures themselves at the end of their useful life could multiply by 30. Although the promotion of renewable energies is indeed necessary for the energy transition, related technologies and the construction, maintenance and replacement of infrastructure in the energy sector can significantly increase the flow of waste. In addition, among these types of materials, there are many substances included in the list of critical raw materials. All this poses a scenario where recycling and correct waste management can allow economic and environmental savings, reducing the consumption of scarce raw materials. This chapter addresses the relationship between the circular economy and the energy transition from the two points of view mentioned above, laying the foundations to find a satisfactory way to apply a circular model integrally in the energy transition, which results in an optimization of the sustainability and improvement in the competitiveness of the companies involved.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of this work by the CDTI-Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation in the frame of the project H24NEWAGE (Ref. CER-20211002).

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Hidalgo, D., Martín-Marroquín, J.M. (2023). Circular Economy and Energy Transition. In: Bandh, S.A., Malla, F.A., Hoang, A.T. (eds) Renewable Energy in Circular Economy. Circular Economy and Sustainability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42220-1_2

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