Sustainable Indicators for Integrating Renewable Energy in Bahrain’s Power Generation

Abdulla Alabbasi, Jhuma Sadhukhan, Matthew Leach and Mohammed Sanduk
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Abdulla Alabbasi: Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
Jhuma Sadhukhan: Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
Matthew Leach: Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
Mohammed Sanduk: Chemical Engineering Department, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-19

Abstract: The selection of sustainable indicators is crucial in measuring and understanding the required targets within the theme of sustainability for an energy system. This is because sustainability, as a term, is used in several fields and covers a variety of indicators based on the problem’s context and identity. Each researcher looks at sustainability from their own perspective and selects the indicators which align best with their objectives and their understanding of the topic. This paper aims to implement a systematic approach to choosing the sustainable indicators for Bahrain’s electrical production with renewables. The proposed framework analyses the frequency of indicators in a sample of 73 studies and screens them in accordance with the selection principles and experts’ views. The results reveal 15 indicators with strong relevance to sustainable growth for the power sector with renewables. These indicators are classified as either qualitative or quantitative, depending on our case study’s context and the appropriate practice according to the literature. Finally, each of the selected indicators was defined to reflect its intended purpose in our study, since the common practice within the present literature is to provide such indicators without explaining their actual purpose.

Keywords: sustainable energy; renewable energy; indicators; sustainability; power generation; electrical grid; Bahrain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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