Evaluating and Selecting Renewable Energy Sources for a Microgrid: A Bi-Capacity-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach

Affiliation of Author(s):经济与管理学院

Journal:IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID

Key Words:Bi-capacity, ELECTRE, microgrid, multicriteria decision making, renewable energy.

Abstract:Renewable energy (RE) microgrids are consid ered one solution for solving the increasing electricity demand and environmental pollution problem. Selecting RE sources for a microgrid plays a crucial role in determining the performance of the microgrid. Illustrated with an empirical study on a city’s microgrid project, this article proposes a new evalua tion approach with a bi-capacity based multi-criteria decision making method called Bi-ELECTRE to evaluate and select RE source alternatives based on interacting performance indicators with bipolar measurement. With the novelty of the Bi-ELECTRE method, this article addresses the questions of (a) how to measure interactions between bipolar-scaled indicators when evaluating the RE source alternatives of a microgrid, and (b) how to deter mine the optimal combination of RE sources for a microgrid. The results from the empirical study suggest that a microgrid with a single RE source has the worst performance, compared with multi-source alternatives. In the empirical study conducted, the microgrid using a RE source combination of 20% wind, 30% solar, and 50% biomass has the best overall performance. By considering interactions between bipolar-scaled indicators and various combinations of RE sources, the proposed approach con tributes to MCDM research methodologically and to the RE source selection problem for a microgrid practically.

Indexed by:Journal paper

Volume:12

Issue:2

Page Number:921-931

Translation or Not:no

Date of Publication:2021-03-10

Included Journals:SCI

Co-author:Shi, Xiao-Mei,Xu, Yi-Tong,Fan, Gao-Chao,lyz,Wang, Chengshuang,Zhao, Wei-Wei

Correspondence Author:zhang ling

Date of Publication:2021-03-10