Research Article

Optimal Location of Biogas Plants in Supply Chains under Carbon Effects: Insight from a Case Study on Animal Manure in North Dakota

Table 3

Numerical results for the optimizations.

ā€‰Cost-only optimization Emission-only optimization
Total SC costs Total Emissions Total SC costs Total Emissions
($) (tons) ($) (tons)

Transportation12,859,893647,8809,124,530405,444
Acquisition8,000,000584,0007,160,000522,680
Production1,656,0001,472,0001,482,1201,317,440
Investment287,500,000 -352,500,000 -

Total310,015,8932,703,880370,266,6502,245,564