Valuing crop diversity in biodiesel production plans

Baglivi, Antonella; Fiorese, Giulia; Guariso, Giorgio; Uggè, C.

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2015.10.080

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“…Many of the studies that had multiple objectives used optimisation or, more specifically, multi-objective optimisation as the principal study method (18 papers). In this classification, the objectives, other than economic ones, that were included in the studies were found to be as follows: ecological and biodiversity impacts [50,80], system link failure [58], terminal utilisation rate [72] and temporal variation of feedstock availability [94].…”

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Utilisation of Spatial Data in Energy Biomass Supply Chain Research—A Review

Korpinen

Aalto

et al. 2023

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The supply logistics of energy biomasses generally involves a complex system of supply chains, which aim to achieve timely and cost-efficient feedstock deliveries to biomass demand points. The performance of supply chains is often examined in case studies where spatial data about biomass sources and transportation networks are deployed in varying resolutions and to different geographical extents. In this paper, we have reviewed 94 publications, in which spatial data were used in case studies that focused on analysing and optimising energy biomass supply chains. The reviewed publications were classified into 16 categories, according to the publication year, study methods and objectives, biomass types, supply system complexity and the spatial features of each study area. This review found that the use of geographical information systems in this context has increased in popularity in recent years, and that and the multiformity of the applied methods, study objectives and data sources have increased simultaneously. Another finding was that most of the studies that we reviewed focused on countries in which spatial biomass and transport network data of high quality were unrestrictedly available. Nevertheless, case studies, including spatial data from multiple countries, were represented marginally in the papers that we reviewed. In this paper we also argue that a standard way of reporting geographical contents in biomass case studies should be developed to improve the comprehension and reproducibility of the publications in this field of research.

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