Effects of supply chain structure and biomass prices on bioenergy feedstock supply

Applied Energy

Volumn 183, Issue , 2016, Pages 1053-1064

  De Laporte, Aaron V ^a   Weersink, Alfons J ^a   McKenney, Daniel W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioenergy feedstock supply; Bioenergy policy; Bioenergy supply chain; Biomass supply; Integrated analysis

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FEEDSTOCKS; PELLETIZING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BIOENERGY POLICIES; BIOENERGY SUPPLIES; BIOMASS SUPPLY; FEEDSTOCK SUPPLY; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; BIOPHYSICS; COMMODITY MARKET; COST ANALYSIS; GIS; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

CANADA; NETHERLANDS; ONTARIO [CANADA]; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND;

MISCANTHUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84988733607     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.09.049     Document Type: Article

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