Assessment of Green Energy Alternatives Using Fuzzy ANP

Towards next-generation energy planning decision-making: An expert-based framework for intelligent decision support

“…Environmental impact analysis environmental and ecological decision-making [84][85][86], life-cycle assessment [2, 87] C1.4. Energy evaluation and assessment investments [88][89][90][91], sustainability assessment of energy systems [38,[92][93][94][95], sources, technologies and options [12,13,15,28,35,39,94,[96][97][98], power expansion alternatives [99][100][101], plants [47,102], power generation scenarios [103,104] quantitative and qualitative factors. Based on [10], multi-attribute utility theory (MAUT), analytic hierarchy process (AHP), analytic network process (ANP), preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluations (PROMETHEE), elimination and choice expressing reality (ELECTRE), and fuzzy models were the most commonly used techniques for renewable and sustainable energy planning.…”

“…economical, and political constraints EPDM processes involved, along with the presence of interrelated perspectives, conflicting objectives, and (a large number of) involved stakeholders with different aims and preferences [15,16] further complicate the decision-making problem. In such situations, the planners (or decision makers) often are not fully aware of (i) the range of factors involved, (ii) the implications of the other participants, and more importantly (iii) hidden aspects that require deeper investigations and might completely change and affect the final decisions [169,170].…”

“…The presence of conflicting objectives in EPDM processes due to (a large number of) involved stakeholders with different aims and preferences [15,16] further complicate the decision-making process. To overcome these complexities, hence improving strategic and operational energy planning, a great abundance of research has been devoted since the 1960s to EPDM solutions through developing standalone decision-making models or implementing different computerized tools such as decision support systems (DSSs) and expert systems (ESs) [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32].…”

“…However, RES exploitation often requires dealing with increasing complexity to manage projects, rapid energy market changes, as well as unknown climate conditions. Additionally, it is time-sensitive due to uncertainty inherent in short and long-term planning decisions (for instance, whether and how a power plant will operate during the next 25 years) [15]. Moreover, EPDM requires handling uncertainty inherent to stakeholders' judgments, which are often subject to imprecision.…”

“…The involved stakeholders often express difficulties to provide precise assessments when evaluating alternatives according to criteria. This is further complicated in multiple stakeholders' environments due to the different levels of knowledge, resulting in biased decisions [4,15,35]. Fuzzy set theory was introduced by Zadeh in [36] as an effective instrument to facilitate decision-making situations in vague and ambiguous contexts.…”