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Кръговата икономика и нейната роля за обезпечаване на енергийната сигурност на България
The circular economy and its role for ensuring the energy security of Bulgaria

Author(s): Ivelina Dimitrova Dimitrova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Energy and Environmental Studies, Sociology, Economic development, Conference Report, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Висше училище по сигурност и икономика (ВУСИ)
Keywords: circular economy; energy security; renewable energy; energy risks; linear economy; energy self-sufficiency; energy resources
Summary/Abstract: In order to demonstrate how circular economy could contribute to the energy security in Bulgaria, it is important to analyse and explain the model of the circular economy itself. It is also of utmost importance to investigate how this model is planned to be applied in Bulgaria and what are and would be in future its benefits for the energy field. Considered that this is a new economic model, different from the linear economy, which is still diffused all over the world, a definition of circular economy will be offered in the present article. Also, the term energy security and its definition on global and national level will be analysed in details. Once the scientific terms are explained, the interdependency between these concepts will be outlined and analysed with the purpose of demonstrating the positive contribution that circular economy could have for ensuring the energy security in Bulgaria.