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Sustainability assessment of biomass-based energy supply chain using multi-objective optimization model

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  • Hatice Güneş Yıldız

    (Istanbul Commerce)

  • Berk Ayvaz

    (Istanbul Commerce)

  • Ali Osman Kuşakcı

    (Ibn Haldun University)

  • Muhammet Deveci

    (University College London
    National Defence University)

  • Harish Garg

    (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed University)
    Graphic Era Deemed to be University
    Applied Science Private University
    The Islamic University)

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In recent years, population growth and lifestyle changes have led to an increase in energy consumption worldwide. Providing energy from fossil fuels has negative consequences, such as energy supply constraints and overall greenhouse gas emissions. As the world continues to evolve, reducing dependence on fossil fuels and finding alternative energy sources becomes increasingly urgent. Renewable energy sources are the best way for all countries to reduce reliance on fossil fuels while reducing pollution. Biomass as a renewable energy source is an alternative energy source that can meet energy needs and contribute to global warming and climate change reduction. Among the many renewable energy options, biomass energy has found a wide range of application areas due to its resource diversity and easy availability from various sources all year round. The supply assurance of such energy sources is based on a sustainable and effective supply chain. Simultaneous improvement of the biomass-based supply chain's economic, environmental and social performance is a key factor for optimum network design. This study has suggested a multi-objective goal programming (MOGP) model to optimize a multi-stage biomass-based sustainable renewable energy supply chain network design. The proposed MOGP model represents decisions regarding the optimal number, locations, size of processing facilities and warehouses, and amounts of biomass and final products transported between the locations. The proposed model has been applied to a real-world case study in Istanbul. In addition, sensitivity analysis has been conducted to analyze the effects of biomass availability, processing capacity, storage capacity, electricity generation capacity, and the weight of the goals on the solutions. To realize sensitivity analysis related to the importance of goals, for the first time in the literature, this study employed a spherical fuzzy set-based analytic hierarchy method to determine the weights of goals.

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  • Hatice Güneş Yıldız & Berk Ayvaz & Ali Osman Kuşakcı & Muhammet Deveci & Harish Garg, 2024. "Sustainability assessment of biomass-based energy supply chain using multi-objective optimization model," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 26(6), pages 15451-15493, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:26:y:2024:i:6:d:10.1007_s10668-023-03258-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-023-03258-1
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