scholarly journals Beyond climate change. Multi-attribute decision making for a sustainability assessment of energy system transformation pathways

2022 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 111996
Author(s):  
H. Hottenroth ◽  
C. Sutardhio ◽  
A. Weidlich ◽  
I. Tietze ◽  
S. Simon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Energy System ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Transformation Pathways ◽  
Multi Attribute Decision Making

scholarly journals Integrated Multidimensional Sustainability Assessment of Energy System Transformation Pathways

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5217
Author(s):  
Tobias Naegler ◽  
Lisa Becker ◽  
Jens Buchgeister ◽  
Wolfgang Hauser ◽  
Heidi Hottenroth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
System Modeling ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Climate Impact ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Analysis ◽  
Transformation Pathways

Sustainable development embraces a broad spectrum of social, economic and ecological aspects. Thus, a sustainable transformation process of energy systems is inevitably multidimensional and needs to go beyond climate impact and cost considerations. An approach for an integrated and interdisciplinary sustainability assessment of energy system transformation pathways is presented here. It first integrates energy system modeling with a multidimensional impact assessment that focuses on life cycle-based environmental and macroeconomic impacts. Then, stakeholders’ preferences with respect to defined sustainability indicators are inquired, which are finally integrated into a comparative scenario evaluation through a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), all in one consistent assessment framework. As an illustrative example, this holistic approach is applied to the sustainability assessment of ten different transformation strategies for Germany. Applying multi-criteria decision analysis reveals that both ambitious (80%) and highly ambitious (95%) carbon reduction scenarios can achieve top sustainability ranks, depending on the underlying energy transformation pathways and respective scores in other sustainability dimensions. Furthermore, this research highlights an increasingly dominant contribution of energy systems’ upstream chains on total environmental impacts, reveals rather small differences in macroeconomic effects between different scenarios and identifies the transition among societal segments and climate impact minimization as the most important stakeholder preferences.

Multi-criteria decision analysis of energy system transformation pathways: A case study for Switzerland

Energy Policy ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 155-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathrin Volkart ◽  
Nicolas Weidmann ◽  
Christian Bauer ◽  
Stefan Hirschberg
Keyword(s):  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Energy System ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Analysis ◽  
Transformation Pathways

scholarly journals Sustainability Assessment of Electricity Generation in Niger Using a Weighted Multi-Criteria Decision Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
Ramchandra Bhandari ◽  
Benjamin Eduardo Arce ◽  
Vittorio Sessa ◽  
Rabani Adamou
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Electricity Supply ◽  
Sustainability Criteria ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
The Future

The majority of Niger’s population faces a widespread lack of access to electricity. Although the country lies in the Sahara belt, exploitation of solar energy is so far minimal. Due to ongoing fossil fuel exploration in the country, this fuel might dominate the future electricity supply. Today, Niger imports the most of its electricity from Nigeria. There is a need to expand electricity generation and supply infrastructures in Niger. When doing so, it is important to choose a proper set of electricity generation resource/technology that fulfils sustainability criteria. Thus, the objective of this work is to analyze a methodology in order to assess different energy technologies for Niger. A multi-criteria decision approach was selected to assess the most accessible energy system for the country. For this purpose, indicators were developed and weighted for ranking electricity generation options. Altogether 40 indicators are selected under six dimensions (availability, risk, technology, economics, environment and social) to assess eight different alternatives, considering the aggregated results and corresponding scores under each dimension. A merit list of technology and resources for electricity generation presented in this work could support the stakeholders in their decision-making for further projects implementation in the country.

scholarly journals A multi-criteria model analysis framework for assessing integrated water-energy system transformation pathways

2018 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 477-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon C. Parkinson ◽  
Marek Makowski ◽  
Volker Krey ◽  
Khaled Sedraoui ◽  
Abdulrahman H. Almasoud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy System ◽  
Model Analysis ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Transformation Pathways

scholarly journals Carbon capture and storage across fuels and sectors in energy system transformation pathways

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 34-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Muratori ◽  
Haroon Kheshgi ◽  
Bryan Mignone ◽  
Leon Clarke ◽  
Haewon McJeon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Energy System ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Transformation Pathways ◽  
And Storage
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