Mapping woody-biomass supply costs using forest inventory and competing industry data

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 263-271

  Stasko, Timon H ^a   Conrado, Robert J ^a   Wankerl, Andreas ^b   Labatut, Rodrigo ^a   Tasseff, Ryan ^a   Mannion, John T ^a   Gao, H Oliver ^a   Sanborn, Stephen D ^c   Knott, Gregory ^c  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b Innovation Interface   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Facility location; Feedstock availability; Forest biomass; Gate cost; Linear programming; Woody crop

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY PLANTS; BIOMASS SUPPLY; ENERGY INDEPENDENCE; ENERGY SOURCE; FACILITY LOCATIONS; FEEDSTOCK COSTS; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST RESOURCES; GATE COST; LINEAR PROGRAMS; LOGGING COSTS; PLANT LOCATIONS; SOURCING STRATEGIES; SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WOODY CROP;

BIOMASS; COSTS; CROPS; FEEDSTOCKS; INDUSTRY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION;

LOCATION;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOENERGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FACILITY LOCATION; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST RESOURCE; LINEAR PROGRAMING; LOGGING (TIMBER); MILL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WOODY PLANT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650528174     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.08.044     Document Type: Article

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