Achieving high sustainability levels in the energy sector is at the heart of the United Nations
and European Union goals. One of the main paths to achieve this is to adopt sustainable …

Biomass is a valuable renewable source of energy as an alternative to fossil fuels. The main
barriers in biomass and biofuel development are feedstock high cost, lack of reliable supply …

Optimal network design is a key factor in the enhancement of the economic, environmental,
and social performance and efficiency of the biomass supply chain (BSC), and this is why it …

Increasing pressure from governments and stakeholders has motivated the study of
sustainability assessment in the supply chain context at operational, tactical, and strategic …

This study uses a geographically-explicit cost optimization model to analyze the impact of
and interrelation between four cost reduction strategies for biofuel production: economies of …

This paper proposes a multi-objective robust possibilistic programming model for the design
of a sustainable switchgrass-based bioethanol supply chain network under the epistemic …

Increasing demand for energy is pushing decision-makers in the Bioethanol Supply Chain
Network (BSCN) to adopt second-generation biomass feedstocks to meet sustainability …

Biomass logistics comprise of inter-dependent operations related to harvesting and
collection, storage, pre-processing, and transportation. Its high cost represents one of the …

Densification techniques, such as baling, pelleting, and pyrolysis, help mitigate logistics
costs associated with biomass transportation, storage, and handling, but the role of …

Researchers have raised concerns that it is very essential to concentrate on sustainable and
renewable energy resources to control the elevated level of global warming, which is a …