Applicability of multicriteria decision aid to sustainable hydropower

Applied Energy

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 261-267

  Vucijak B ^a   Kupusovic T ^a   MidZic Kurtagic S ^a   Ceric A ^a  

^a Hydro Engineering Institute Sarajevo   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Hydropower; Multicriteria decision aid; Renewable energy sources directive; VIKOR method; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SITE SELECTION; WATER CONSERVATION;

HYDROPOWER; MULTICRITERIA DECISION AID; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; VIKOR METHOD; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84869883271     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.05.024     Document Type: Article

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