A multiple criteria decision making approach for electricity planning in Spain: economic versus environmental objectives

Pedro Linares () and C Romero ()
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C Romero: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2000, vol. 51, issue 6, 736-743

Abstract: Abstract Growing social concern about the environmental impact of economic development has drawn attention to the need to integrate environmental criteria into energy decision-making problems. This has made electricity planning issues more complex given the multiplicity of objectives and decision-makers involved in the decision making process. This paper proposes a methodology that combines several multi-criteria methods to address electricity planning problems within a realistic context. The method is applied to an electricity planning exercise in Spain with a planning horizon set for the year 2030. The model includes the following objectives: (1) total cost; (2) C02; (3) SO2; and (4) NO x emissions as well as the amount of radioactive waste produced. An efficient social compromise between these conflicting objectives is obtained, which shows the advantages of using this model for policy-making purposes.

Keywords: multiple criteria decision making; energy; environmental studies; compromise programming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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