Biofuel supply chain design under competitive agricultural land use and feedstock market equilibrium

Biomass to Energy Supply Chain Network Design: An Overview of Models, Solution Approaches and Applications

“…The model is called IBSAL-MC and used to design all components in the biomass logistics system from field operations such as harvesting and collection to end user ethanol demand. Bai et al (2012) developed a game-theoretic modeling approach that combines a non-cooperative bi-level Stackelberg leader-follower game model and a cooperative game model to design a biofuel supply chain. The model addresses possible business partnership scenarios between biomass suppliers and biofuel producers.…”

Assessing Energy Security in a Low-Carbon Context: The Case of Electricity in the UK

“…However, the climate impacts are highly disputed, especially because (depending on the feedstock used) widespread use of biomass could lead to large-scale land-use change (Frogatt and Levi 2009;IEA 2007;Thornley 2012a;2012b). Biomass is also subject to a number of other issues, such as competition for agricultural land, concerns over deforestation, and the effects of large-scale export-based monocropping on ecosystems and local communities (Bai et al 2012;Coath and Pape n.d.;Thornley 2012a). …”

La sostenibilidad en el diseño de cadenas de suministro de biocombustibles

“…Sin embargo, este enfoque sistémico no ha sido ampliamente adoptado en la literatura de planificación energética renovable, y las soluciones costo-beneficio para biocombustibles con un impacto mínimo en los alimentos y otros recursos naturales no han sido investigadas a fondo en la optimización aplicada al diseño de las cadenas de suministro [3], [43][44].…”

“…En [44] modelaron el problema de localización de refinerías, teniendo en cuenta el comportamiento de juego cooperativo y no cooperativo de los agricultores. Los resultados demuestran que cuando las bio-refinerías y agricultores cooperan, se destina mayor porcentaje de la producción agrícola a generación de energía y favorece la economía de ambos grupos de interés.…”