A Conceptual Model for Biomass Supply Chain Sustainability

Konstantinos Petridis, Evangelos Grigoroudis and Garyfallos Arabatzis
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Konstantinos Petridis: School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
Evangelos Grigoroudis: School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
Garyfallos Arabatzis: Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, Orestiada, Greece

International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD), 2018, vol. 9, issue 2, 37-53

Abstract: One of the key elements of future energy generation is the switch to non-depletable resources, widely known as renewable energy sources (RES). There are many types of RES, however, but the focus of this article is on biomass products, which mainly consists of forest production (wood) and energy crops. One of the main problems of using biomass products for renewable energy production is the fact that several constraints should be imposed for both the management of forests and land. There are different aspects of optimal management of biomass products that guarantees the sustainability of the ecological systems. In this article, an analysis of the management for forest and agricultural products from energy crops is presented, demonstrating latest trends in biomass products as primal resource for renewable energy. Finally, a conceptual model for a biomass supply chain is proposed and discussed.

Date: 2018
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