Title:
Locagistics: Design and Evaluation of Regional Biomass Delivery Chains
Author(s):
Annevelink, B., Staritsky, I., Vanmeulebrouk, B., Elbersen, B., Gabrielle, B.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
LocaGIStics is a tool for the design of regional biomass delivery chains. The basis for the tool was a GIS tool (Elbersen et al., 2014) developed in a Dutch national project ‘Integrated framework to assess spatial and related implications of increased implementation of biomass delivery chains’. LocaGIStics was further developed within the S2Biom project. It enables to further design and evaluate regional biomass delivery chains that are either suggested by higher level optimization models like e.g. BeWhere or that are the result of initial planning by e.g. an energy company or a biobased producer. These general plans are translated in several biomass delivery designs using the variation in logistical concepts covering transport, pre-treatment and conversion options. The performance of every chain design can then be analysed by comparing the different biomass delivery chains on the following environmental and economic indicators: GHG emissions and mitigation (including land use change emissions), soil C, soil erosion impacts potential and an economic minimum acceptable return analysis. LocaGIStics can take account of high resolution cost-supply information available at 250 m resolution grid. The LocaGIStics tool was first developed using a case study in Burgundy.
Keywords:
decision making, geographical information system (GIS), logistics, supply chains
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Biomass potentials and biomass mobilisation
Event:
24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1BV.4.3
Pages:
174 - 175
ISBN:
978-88-89407-165
Paper DOI:
10.5071/24thEUBCE2016-1BV.4.3
Price:
FREE
