The fuzzy conceptual model for selecting energy sources

ABSTRACT

Because of the maturity of advanced technologies and the urgent requirement of maintaining a healthy environment with reasonable price, generating electricity from alternative resources in China will become the main trend in the near future. However, how to prioritize a suitable strategic planning of energy sources among stakeholders has not been comprehensively discussed in previous literatures and is becoming more important and complex. Accordingly, the paper employs a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process model, which incorporates the benefits, opportunities, costs and risks (BOCR) concept, to help in prioritizing energy sources.

KEYWORDS:

• Benefits, opportunities, costs and risks (BOCR)
• energy sources
• fuzzy analytic network process (FANP)
• renewable energy
• strategic planning and policy