Environmental and economic trade-offs of switchgrass supply chain for biofuel in Tennessee
| dc.creator | Zhong, Jia | |
| dc.creator | Yu, T. Edward | |
| dc.creator | English, Burton | |
| dc.creator | Larson, James | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:49:30Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T08:45:09Z | |
| dc.description | The low efficiency of feedstock storage and transportation hinders commercialization of a switchgrass-based biofuel industry although the feedstock has various environmental benefits. This study develops a sustainable switchgrass supply chain that balances its economic and environmental performance, including soil erosion, and GHG emissions using a multi-objective optimization model based on high-resolution spatial data in Tennessee. Results suggest that the best preferred location for biorefinery, plantation area, and the type of land converted to switchgrass are crucial to trade-off relation between industrial cost and environmental performance of the feedstock supply chain. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.196898 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/196898/files/ZJ_SAEA_PaperR_0116.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/196898 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/602243 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/196898 | |
| dc.title | Environmental and economic trade-offs of switchgrass supply chain for biofuel in Tennessee | |
| dc.type | Text |