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A multiple criteria decision making approach for electricity planning in Spain: economic versus environmental objectives

P. Linares, C. Romero

Journal of the Operational Research Society Vol. 51, nº. 6, pp. 736 - 743

Summary:

Growing social concern about the environmental impact of economic development has drawn attention to the need to integrate environmental criteria into energy decision-making problems. This has made electricity planning issues more complex given the multiplicity of objectives and decision-makers involved in the decision making process. This paper proposes a methodology that combines several multi-criteria methods to address electricity planning problems within a realistic context. The method is applied to an electricity planning exercise in Spain with a horizon time set for the year 2030. The model includes the following objectives: total cost, CO2, SO2 and NOx emissions as well as the amount of radioactive waste produced. An efficient social compromise between these conflicting objectives is obtained.


Keywords: Multiple criteria decision making; energy; environmental studies; compromise programming


JCR Impact Factor and WoS quartile: 2,700 - Q2 (2023)

DOI reference: DOI icon https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600944

Published on paper: June 2000.

Published on-line: December 2017.



Citation:
P. Linares, C. Romero, A multiple criteria decision making approach for electricity planning in Spain: economic versus environmental objectives. Journal of the Operational Research Society. Vol. 51, nº. 6, pp. 736 - 743, June 2000. [Online: December 2017]


    Research topics:
  • *Long-Term Strategic Analysis
  • *Analysis of Sustainable Energy Policies

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