Evaluating the enablers in solar power developments in the current scenario using fuzzy DEMATEL: An Indian perspective

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 379-397

  Luthra, Sunil ^a   Govindan, Kannan ^b   Kharb, Ravinder K ^a   Mangla, Sachin Kumar ^c  

^a Government Polytechnic   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c GRAPHIC ERA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

a Si Amorphous Silicon; Abbreviations IEA International Energy Agency; ASE Angewandte Solar energies; ASSCP Amorphous Silicon Solar Cell Plant; BHEL Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited; CASE Commission for Additional Sources of Energy; CEA Central Electricity Authority; CERC Central Electricity Regulatory Commission; CSP Concentrated Solar Power; DEMATEL Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory; DNES Department of Non conventional Energy Sources; FDI Foreign Direct Investment; GDP Gross Domestic Product; IREDA Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency; JNNSM Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission; LFC Linear Fresnel collector; MNES Ministry of Non conventional Energy Sources; MNRE Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; MoP Ministry of Power; MoU Memorandums of understandings; MWe Megawatt electric; NAPCC National Action Plan for Climate Change; NTP Notified Tariff Policy; PACE Advance Clean Energy; PV Photovoltaic; PVT PhotoVoltaic Thermal; REC Renewable Energy Certificate; RGGVY Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana; RPO Renewable Purchase Obligations; SEC Solar Energy Center; SERC State Electricity Regulatory Commission; TrFN Trapezoidal fuzzy number; VVNL Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUZZY SETS; INVESTMENTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

A-SI AMORPHOUS SILICON; ABBREVIATION IEA INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY; ACTION PLAN; AMORPHOUS SILICON SOLAR CELLS; ASE ANGEWANDTE SOLAR ENERGY; ASSCP AMORPHOUS SILICON SOLAR CELL PLANT; BHEL BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICAL LIMITED; CASE COMMISSION FOR ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF ENERGY; CEA CENTRAL ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY; CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSIONS; CERC CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION; CLEAN ENERGY; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; CSP CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; DECISION MAKING TRIAL AND EVALUATION LABORATORY DECISION MAKING TRIAL AND EVALUATION LABORATORY; DECISIONS MAKINGS; DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES; DNES DEPARTMENT OF NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCE; FDI FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS; GDP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY; IREDA INDIAN RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY; JNNSM JAWAHARLAL NEHRU NATIONAL SOLAR MISSION; LFC LINEAR FRESNEL COLLECTOR; LINEAR FRESNEL; MEGAWATTS ELECTRICS; MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING; MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGIES; MINISTRY OF NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES; MINISTRY OF POWER; MNES MINISTRY OF NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCE; MNRE MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY; MOP MINISTRY OF POWER; MOU MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING; MWE MEGAWATT ELECTRIC; NAPCC NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR CLIMATE CHANGE; NATIONAL SOLAR MISSIONS; NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES; NTP NOTIFIED TARIFF POLICY; PACE ADVANCE CLEAN ENERGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC THERMALS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PV PHOTOVOLTAIC; PVT PHOTOVOLTAIC THERMAL; RAJIV GANDHI GRAMEEN VIDYUTIKARAN YOJANA; REC RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATE; REGULATORY COMMISSION; RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES; RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; RGGVY RAJIV GANDHI GRAMEEN VIDYUTIKARAN YOJANUM; RPO RENEWABLE PURCHASE OBLIGATION; SEC SOLAR ENERGY CENTER; SERC STATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION; SOURCES OF ENERGY; TARIFF POLICY; TRAPEZOIDAL FUZZY NUMBERS; TRFN TRAPEZOIDAL FUZZY NUMBER; VVNL VIDYUT VYAPAR NIGAM LIMITED;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84971476399     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.04.041     Document Type: Review

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