Majlis and Rahbord

Majlis and Rahbord

A Hybrid Model for Prioritizing the Construction of Power Plants with Renewable Resources, Considering Sustainable Development Objectives (Case Study: Iran)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Mohammadali Beheshtinia
Armin Rezaei
Misam Shahjoei
Abstract
Scarcity of fossil fuels, global oil crisis and the increase in environmental awareness have steadily reduced the general acceptance of traditional power plants such as gas power plants in developing countries. In this respect, decision makers in the energy field need tools to support decision-making in order to select the best alternative to traditional power plants with renewable fuels. In this research, a tool is presented for supporting decision-makers in which economic, environmental, social and technical aspects for constructing power plants with renewable fuels are studied. Then a research method through a combination of improved digital logic method tools is presented. Additionally, the phasing TOPSIS method is presented for solving the phasing multi-criteria decision-making and weighting and ranking of the electricity generation plants using inexhaustible resources with regard to qualitative and quantitative criteria. The purpose of the proposed model is to evaluate different power plants and identify the best power plant regarding technical criteria and objectives of sustainable development. To better understand the proposed method, a case study about Iran, a country with high economic dependence on oil, is represented, in which 5 power plants in Iran are studied and prioritized according to the capacities of this country. Hydroelectric power plant gains the highest rating regarding technical and sustainable development objectives.
Keywords
Phasing TOPSIS
MDL
Renewable Energy
Sustainable Development
FMCDM

Subjects

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