Energy-based industrial symbiosis: a literature review for circular energy transition

Luca Fraccascia (), Vahid Yazdanpanah, Guido Capelleveen and Devrim Murat Yazan
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Luca Fraccascia: Sapienza University of Rome
Vahid Yazdanpanah: University of Twente
Guido Capelleveen: University of Twente
Devrim Murat Yazan: University of Twente

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2021, vol. 23, issue 4, No 4, 4825 pages

Abstract: Abstract Nowadays, industrial symbiosis (IS) is recognized as a key strategy to support the transition toward the circular economy. IS deals with the (re)use of wastes produced by a production process as a substitute for traditional production inputs of other traditionally disengaged processes. In this context, this paper provides a systematic literature review on the energy-based IS approach, i.e., IS synergies aimed at reducing the amount of energy requirement from outside industrial systems or the amount of traditional fuels used in energy production. This approach is claimed as effective aimed at reducing the use of traditional fuels in energy production, thus promoting a circular energy transition. 682 papers published between 1997 and 2018 have been collected, and energy-based IS cases have been identified among 96 of these. As a result of the literature review, three categories of symbiotic synergies have been identified: (1) energy cascade; (2) fuel replacement; and (3) bioenergy production. Through the review, different strategies to implement energy-based IS synergies are highlighted and discussed for each of the above-mentioned categories. Furthermore, drivers, barriers, and enablers of business development in energy-based IS are discussed from the technical, economic, regulatory, and institutional perspective. Accordingly, future research directions are recommended.

Keywords: Industrial symbiosis; Circular economy; Energy; Energy-based industrial symbiosis; Systematic literature review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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