Category: Sustainability
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Waste Heat & Thermal Energy Storage: Circular Economy in Action for a Net-Zero Energy Future
Decarbonizing the global energy system requires an integrated approach—one that informs optimal infrastructure developments in a timely manner while supporting systemic changes toward energy systems predominantly supplied by variable renewable energy. To meet the 1.5°C climate target by 2050, projections indicate: These shifts, combined with the rising share of renewables and electrification, will significantly increase…
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Circular Economy: How it works and why it matters.
The circular economy is a production and consumption model, with scope to maximize products value involving sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products as long as possible, through different strategies along the whole life cycle of products. (1) Most definitions in use have in common the principle of circularity and the…