Decision making in renewable energy investments: A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 885-898

  Strantzali, Eleni ^a   Aravossis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

CBA; Decision Support Systems (DSS); Energy Planning; LCA; MCDA; Renewable Energy Sources (RES)

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVESTMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CBA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISIONS MAKINGS; ENERGY PLANNING; LCA; MCDA; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84948153421     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.11.021     Document Type: Review

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