Assessing the global sustainability of different electricity generation systems

Energy

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 473-489

  Cartelle Barros, Juan José ^a   Lara Coira, Manuel ^a   de la Cruz López, María Pilar ^a   del Caño Gochi, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Global sustainability; MIVES; Power plants; Requirement trees; Value functions

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; LIFE CYCLE; POWER PLANTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER;

CONVENTIONAL POWER PLANTS; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY; MIVES; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR; RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANTS; REQUIREMENT TREES; VALUE FUNCTIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; BIOFUEL; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICITY; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84941873730     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.05.110     Document Type: Article

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