Sustainable Management of Energy Wood Chips Sector: Case Study of the Regional Park “Caps et Marais d’Opale”

We propose in this paper a two-phase methodology to design a supply chain network for managing the energy wood chips sector. Firstly, a GIS based spatial analysis is made to estimate all the data (offer, demand, potential locations for warehouse) of the network. Then an optimization phase takes place to solve the location-allocation problem in order to minimize economic cost indicator and CO2 emissions. The methodology has been applied for the case study of the regional park “Caps et Marais d’Opale” using three different strategic scenarios of development. A comparison is made in order to evaluate each selected sustainable criteria.