Proceedings

Newly formed Bioresources businesses face a number of unique challenges, including: the regulatory view that there is great cost reduction to be had through competition; a market with shifting commodity prices and incentives; technologies which are continually changing; and uncertainties around environmental legislation. In the face of this, Bioresources businesses have to plan long-term for sustainable business growth which inevitably will mean maximizing resource recovery and generating revenue through the circular economy. In order to achieve the delivery of these plans, bioresources businesses need to incorporate regulatory economics, process engineering and operational experience into their models. This paper discusses a masterplanning model developed to represent the entire bioresources business end to end and scenario plan for the arrival of new technologies which different process outputs, the centralization or decentralization of assets over time, and the use of markets to deliver cost reductions and maximize environmental benefit.