Biomass, as one of the most available renewable energies, could reduce dependency on fossil fuels and the consequent environmental impacts. There is a need for biomass supply chain management, which is managing bioenergy production from harvesting feedstock to energy conversion facilities. In case of remote communities, bioenergy adoption requires dealing with dispersed geographies of suppliers and places of consumption with small scales of energy demand. As such, coordination plays a key role in increasing the efficiency of the biomass supply chain network through bundling of demand and thus improving the economy of scale. This paper employs a game-theoretic approach to formulate a coordinated biomass supply chain with three echelons including suppliers, hubs, and energy convertors. To investigate the strategic interactions of participants, three decision making structure scenarios have been considered under Stackelberg game providing insights into the impact of power distribution, the role of side payments in enforcing the flow of decisions, and the resulting efficiency and performance improvements. In doing so, a case study bioenergy supply chain for three northern Canadian communities is explored to demonstrate the application of the proposed formulation, solution methods, and the practicality and significance of the adopted approach and outcomes for remote communities.

生物质作为最可利用的可再生能源之一，可以减少对化石燃料的依赖以及随之而来的环境影响。需要生物质供应链管理，该管理正在管理从收获原料到能源转换设施的生物能源生产。在偏远社区中，采用生物能源需要处理供应商分散的地区和消耗场所，而这些地方的能源需求规模很小。因此，协调在通过捆绑需求提高生物质供应链网络的效率，从而改善规模经济中起着关键作用。本文采用博弈论的方法，通过三个层次，包括供应商，枢纽和能源转换器，建立了协调的生物质供应链。为了调查参与者的战略互动，在Stackelberg游戏下已经考虑了三种决策结构方案，这些方案可提供有关配电影响，边际支付在执行决策流程中的作用以及由此带来的效率和性能改善的见解。在此过程中，探索了一个针对加拿大北部三个社区的生物能源供应链案例研究，以证明所提出的配方，解决方法的应用以及所采用的方法和对偏远社区的成果的实用性和重要性。