P. Linares et C. Romero, A multiple criteria decision making approach for electricity planning in Spain: economic versus environmental objectives, J OPER RES, 51(6), 2000, pp. 736-743
Growing social concern about the environmental impact of economic developme
nt 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 invo
lved in the decision making process. This paper proposes a methodology that
combines several multi-criteria methods to address electricity planning pr
oblems within a realistic context. The method is applied to an electricity
planning exercise in Spain with a planning horizon set for the year 2030. T
he model includes the following objectives: (1) total cost; (2) CO2; (3) SO
2; and (1) NO, emissions as well as;he amount of radioactive waste produced
. An efficient social compromise between these conflicting objectives is ob
tained which shows the advantages of using this model for policy-making pur
poses.