Modeling and Analysis of Biomass-to-Energy Supply Chains
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".
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Special Issue Editor
Interests: data and decision analytics; biomass and bioenergy systems; production and supply chain management; risk analysis; project management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The transition to renewables is diversifying energy sources and reducing dependency on fossil fuels. Among renewable energy sources, biomass is the only fuel-based option that relies on continuous supply of biomass materials for energy conversion. There are numerous types of biomass materials from agricultural residues to forestry residues and from solid waste to crops varying in characteristics and availability. In this sense, supply chain management discipline could serve as a means of improving the economy of scale, reducing delays, and increasing the reliability of biomass-to-energy conversion processes. In addition, adoption of biomass-to-energy practices creates transformative change across the supporting supply chains in the form of socioeconomic benefits, including job creation and waste management contributing to promotion of a circular economy.
This Special Issue aims at exploring various contributions of supply chain management practices into improving the efficiency, continuity, and sustainability of biomass-to-energy conversion. The problems arising in the design, optimization, and coordination of biomass supply chains are of particular interest along with issues specific to each function of this peculiar supply chain, including sourcing, preprocessing, storage, distribution, transport, and energy conversion. In addition, spatial and temporal decisions related to bioenergy supply chains (that could span across countries and continents) could present a number of challenges with respect to carbon emission saving potentials and long-term feasibility. Technical papers, reviews, and case studies are invited to this Special Issue covering the above-described topics of interest that could include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Biomass sourcing strategies;
- Biomass supply chain design;
- Biomass supply chain optimization;
- Logistics and inventory planning;
- Supply chain tracking and Blockchain technology;
- Sustainability assessment of biomass-to-energy supply chains;
- Supply chain coordination;
- Risk assessment and management in bioenergy supply chains;
- Feedstock and demand forecasting;
- Transportation planning;
- Fuel–technology matching;
- Cooperation and bargaining in biomass supply chains;
- Simulation and scenario analysis for future planning;
- Hubs and distribution channels.
Dr. Fereshteh Mafakheri
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Biomass
- Bioenergy
- Supply chain management
- Supply chain design
- Forecasting
- Data analytics
- Machine learning
- Optimization
- Game theory
- Scheduling
- Inventory planning
- Transport and logistics
- Simulation
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