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Review
. 2023 Oct 21;9(11):e21091.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21091. eCollection 2023 Nov.

A review of literature on the integration of green energy and circular economy

Sarvesh Kumar  1 , Arvind Darshna  2 , Deepak Ranjan  3
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Review

A review of literature on the integration of green energy and circular economy

Sarvesh Kumar et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

Green energy is being claimed as a sustainable solution to the socioeconomic concerns associated with environmental issues and the depletion of non-renewable sources of energy. The impacts of climate change, including global warming, ozone layer depletion, and rising sea levels, have underscored the emergent need for increased investment in green energy to curb down carbon dioxide emissions. Evolution of environmentalism in the 21st century, and the power of environmentally conscious population with their consumption driven demand is increasing which address a wide variety of economic, social, political, technological and legal topics, ranging from empirical analysis to philosophical theorization. This study aims to explore recent advancements in green energy, adaptations to it, and the role of the circular economy within this context. The research employed a review approach, combined with bibliometric analysis of articles published in the past two decades. These articles were obtained from the Scopus database and selected based on specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. To conduct the bibliometric analysis, the authors utilized Bibliometrix R and VOSviewer software, employing analysis like performance analysis, and bibliographic coupling. This study serves as an initiative to identify emerging themes and potential future research areas, with a specific focus on the impact of green energy on industrial and business-to-business sectors and the development of decision-making tools.

Keywords: Circular economy; Green energy; Renewable energy; SDG'S; Sustainability; Systematic literature review.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Review Procedure using the SPAR-4-SLR Protocol.
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Annual growth in the number of publications on green energy and the circular economy (CE) per year.
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Major Bibliographic clusters on green energy and circular economy.
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