Supply chain integration in the UK bioenergy industry:findings from a pilot study

Abstract

Interest in bioenergy as a viable alternative to fossil fuels is increasing. This emergent sector is subject to a range of ambitious initiatives promoted by National Governments to generate energy from renewable sources. Transition to energy production from biomass still lacks a feasible infrastructure particularly from a supply chain and business perspective. Supply chain integration has not been studied widely providing a deficit in the literature and in practice. This paper presents results from a pilot study designed to identify attributes that helps optimise such supply chains. To consider this challenge it is important to identify those characteristics that integrate bioenergy supply chains and ascertain if they are distinct from those found in conventional energy models. In general terms the supply chain is defined by upstream at the point of origin of raw materials and downstream at the point of distribution to final customer. It remains to be seen if this is the case for bioenergy supply chains as there is an imbalance between knowledge and practice, even understanding the terminology. The initial pilot study results presented in the paper facilitates understanding the gap between general supply chain knowledge and what is practiced within bioenergy organisations.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.05.080
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Aston India Foundation for Applied Research
College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School
College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Operations & Information Management
Additional Information: NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of cleaner production. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Lloyd, C & Dey, P, 'Supply chain integration in the UK bioenergy industry: findings from a pilot study' Journal of cleaner production (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.05.080
Uncontrolled Keywords: bioenergy,pilot study,supply chain integration,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Environmental Science(all),Strategy and Management
Publication ISSN: 1879-1786
Last Modified: 05 Feb 2024 08:13
Date Deposited: 22 Jul 2014 09:20
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2014-09-15
Published Online Date: 2014-06-06
Authors: Lloyd, Christine
Dey, Prasanta (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-9984-5374)

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