Renewable methane – A technology evaluation by multi-criteria decision making from a European perspective

E. Billig and D. Thraen

Energy, 2017, vol. 139, issue C, 468-484

Abstract: Natural gas (NG), as one fossil fuel with multiple applications, plays a major role in Europe. However, to face global climate change and accelerate the transition to a sustainable society, fossil fuels, such as NG have to be replaced in the long term. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the technical and economic aspects of emerging technology concepts for the production of renewable methane from biomass. Biochemical and thermochemical concepts are considered within the scope of this paper. To evaluate the different conversion technologies an adapted AHP (analytic hierarchy process) was developed, based on two methods AHP and utility value analysis. In total, 99 alternatives (bio- and thermochemical conversion) were evaluated.

Keywords: Biomethane; Bio-SNG; Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM); Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.07.164

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