Imperial College London
Dr Calliope Panoutsou

Dr Calliope Panoutsou

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Honorary Principal Research Fellow
 
 
 
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304Weeks BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Panoutsou:2020:10.1016/j.glt.2020.04.001,
author = {Panoutsou, C and Singh, A and Christensen, T},
doi = {10.1016/j.glt.2020.04.001},
journal = {Managing Global Transitions: International Research Journal},
pages = {60--75},
title = {Competitive priorities to address optimisation in biomass value chains:  the case of biomass CHP},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.glt.2020.04.001},
volume = {2},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Policy and industry decision makers place high priority on the contribution of biomass to the emerging low carbon, circular economy. Optimisation of performance, from the perspectives of environmental, social and economic sustainability and resource efficiency, is essential to successful development and operation of biomass value chains. The complexity of value chains, which comprise interrelated stages from land use to conversion and multiple end products, presents challenges.To date, decision makers have approached from the viewpoints of single market sectors or issues, such as market shares of bioeconomy and reduction of carbon emissions to mitigate climate change. This approach does not achieve a full understanding of value chains and their competitive priorities, limits consumer awareness, and poses risks of sub-optimal performance and under-development of potential local capacity.This paper presents a conceptual framework that combines value chain analysis and competitive priority theory with indicators suitable to measure, monitor and interpret sustainability and resource efficiency at value chain level. The case of biomass Combined Heat and Power (CHP) is used to illustrate how optimisation strategies can be focused to address challenges in value chain stages which will lead to better performance and uptake of sustainably sourced, widely accepted biomass options.
AU  - Panoutsou,C
AU  - Singh,A
AU  - Christensen,T
DO  - 10.1016/j.glt.2020.04.001
EP  - 75
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 2589-7918
SP  - 60
TI  - Competitive priorities to address optimisation in biomass value chains:  the case of biomass CHP
T2  - Managing Global Transitions: International Research Journal
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.glt.2020.04.001
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/79782
VL  - 2
ER  -
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