A Conceptual Model for Biomass Supply Chain Sustainability

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Author(s): Konstantinos Petridis (Technical University of Crete, Greece), Evangelos Grigoroudis (Technical University of Crete, Greece)and Garyfallos Arabatzis (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 20
Source title: Supply Chain and Logistics Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0945-6.ch022

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Operations and Service Management / Supply Chain Management

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One of the key elements of future energy generation is the switch to non-depletable resources, widely known as renewable energy sources (RES). There are many types of RES, however, but the focus of this article is on biomass products, which mainly consists of forest production (wood) and energy crops. One of the main problems of using biomass products for renewable energy production is the fact that several constraints should be imposed for both the management of forests and land. There are different aspects of optimal management of biomass products that guarantees the sustainability of the ecological systems. In this article, an analysis of the management for forest and agricultural products from energy crops is presented, demonstrating latest trends in biomass products as primal resource for renewable energy. Finally, a conceptual model for a biomass supply chain is proposed and discussed.

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