Evaluating clean energy alternatives for Jiangsu,china

Affiliation of Author(s):经济与管理学院

Journal:Energy

Key Words:Choquet integral Clean energy Fuzzy measure MCDM (multi-criteria decision making)

Abstract:Promoting the utilization of clean energy has been identified as one potential solution to addressing
environmental pollution and achieving sustainable development in many countries around the world.
Evaluating clean energy alternatives includes a requirement to balance multiple conflict criteria,
including technology, environment, economy and society, all of which are incommensurate and interdependent. Traditional MCDM (multi-criteria decision making) methods, such as the weighted average
method, often fail to aggregate such criteria consistently. In this paper, an improved MCDM method
based on fuzzy measure and integral is developed and applied to evaluate four primary clean energy
options for Jiangsu Province, China. The results confirm that the preferred clean energy option for Jiangsu
is solar photovoltaic, followed by wind, biomass and finally nuclear. A sensitivity analysis is also conducted to evaluate the values of clean energy resources for Jiangsu. The ordered weighted average
method is also applied to compare the method mentioned above in our empirical study. The results show
that the improved MCDM method provides higher discrimination between alternative clean energy
alternatives.

Indexed by:Journal paper

Volume:90

Page Number:953-964

Translation or Not:no

Date of Publication:2015-01-01

Included Journals:SCI

Co-author:ZHI XIONG,Lai Jizhou,ljy

Correspondence Author:张玲,ZHI XIONG

Date of Publication:2015-01-01