Decarbonization Avenue : Biorefinery

Challenges

Coordination between multiple stakeholders

A key challenge in managing biomass supply chains for biorefineries is the development of business and operational models that can accommodate multiple stakeholders and activities integrated across the supply chain network


Relevant for

  • Corporate sustainability professional
  • Corporate strategy professional

Innovation sector

  • Biotechnology
  • Renewable energy sciences

Other Challenges

High biomass transport cost

Efforts and costs required for biomass pre-treatment

Coordination between multiple stakeholders

Lack of performance data for biomass

Scaling up challenges

Stakeholders

  • University researcher
  • Corporate researcher
  • Startup or entrepreneur
  • Solution provider
  • Financial investor
  • Corporate management
  • Government