Optimal sites for agricultural and forest residues energy conversion plant using geographic information system

MO Ukoba, EO Diemuodeke, TA Briggs, M Imran… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has committed to net-zero emission
development pathways to respond to the Paris Agreement adopted in 2015. However, the …

Optimizing the location of a biomass plant with a fuzzy-DEcision-MAking Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (F-DEMATEL) and multi-criteria spatial decision assessment …

JS Jeong, Á Ramírez-Gómez - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
The selection of the location of a biomass plant is a critical concern because biomass
feedstocks are geographically and spatially dispersed. Geographic Information System-Multi …

Optimizing the location of biomass energy facilities by integrating Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

H Woo, M Acuna, M Moroni, MS Taskhiri, P Turner - Forests, 2018 - mdpi.com
Internationally forest biomass is considered to be a valuable renewable energy feedstock.
However, utilization of forest harvesting residues is challenging because they are highly …

A web-based tool framing a collective method for optimizing the location of a renewable energy facility and its possible application to sustainable STEM education

JS Jeong, D González-Gómez - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a prototype web-based tool is introduced for the estimation of the Location
Suitability Assessment of a Biomass Plant (LSABP): input demands, inner procedures, and …

Optimal site selection for upper reservoirs in pump-back systems, using geographical information systems and multicriteria analysis

JAJ Capilla, JA Carrión, E Alameda-Hernandez - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The proliferation of renewable energies in the last decade coupled with their low processing
capacity on the grid is bringing old power storage methods back into consideration, as is the …

Spatial optimization of biomass power plant site using fuzzy analytic network process

M Davtalab, AA Alesheikh - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2018 - Springer
Electricity has a significant role in the sustainable development of societies. Traditional
methods of generating electricity face several challenges. The ever-increasing demand for …

A multicriteria GIS-based assessment to optimize biomass facility sites with parallel environment—A case study in Spain

JS Jeong, Á Ramírez-Gómez - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
Optimizing a biomass facility site is a critical concern that is currently receiving an increased
attention because of geographically spread biomass feedstock. This research presents a …

Determining the regional potential for a grass biomethane industry

BM Smyth, H Smyth, JD Murphy - Applied Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
Grass biogas/biomethane has been put forward as a renewable energy solution and it has
been shown to perform well in terms of energy balance, greenhouse gas emissions and …

Mexico's drug networks: Modeling the smuggling routes towards the United States

M Medel, Y Lu, E Chow - Applied geography, 2015 - Elsevier
Drug smuggling routes are chosen to maximize profit while minimizing costs. Routes with
the least drug transportation costs and the lowest risk for drug confiscation and gang fight …

GIS-based location optimization of a biomass conversion plant on contaminated willow in the Campine region (Belgium)

T Voets, A Neven, T Thewys, T Kuppens - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2013 - Elsevier
The Campine region is diffusely contaminated with heavy metals like cadmium. Since
traditional excavation techniques are too expensive, phytoremediation is preferred as a …