Achieving energy self-sufficiency by integrating renewables into companies' supply networks

Energy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-57

  Kiraly, Annamaria ^a   Pahor, Bojan ^a   Kravanja, Zdravko ^b  

^a Perutnina Ptuj dd   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Companies supply chain; Energy self sufficiency; Mixed Integer Linear Programming; Regional supply network optimisation; Renewables

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; NATURAL RESOURCES; PROFITABILITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY; INTEGRATED SYNTHESIS; INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLES; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMISATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLES; SURROUNDING REGIONS;

INDUSTRY;

BIOMASS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY RESOURCE; MEAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878628287     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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