Designing and planning the animal waste-to-energy supply chains: A case study

• Biogas of animal waste could be used in distributed electricity generation. • Developing an MILP model for planning animal waste-to-energy supply chain. • Considering multi-period conditions for multiple suppliers. • Optimizing the capacity levels of collection and production centers. • Applying the proposed model in a real case study in Iran. The need for clean energy and fossil fuel depletion are the reasons behind the increasing tendency to...