Use of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Choosing an Optimal Location for a Wood Fuel Based Cogeneration Plant: a Case Study in Estonia

Selected Topics in Energy, Environment, Sustainable Development and Landscaping; The 6th WSEAS International Conference on Energy, Environment, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development (EEESD'10) 2010
Anna Volkova, Eduard Latosov, Andres Siirde

For successful involving of wood-fired cogeneration in Estonia it is important to define the most appropriate places, where the wood-fuel cogeneration plants can be located. The method used for defining the optimal location is based on the multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), which includes the Delphi method for criteria selection, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method as weighting method and the elementary weighted sum method (WSM) for the final decision defining. In the result the most optimal county in Estonia for wood-fuel based cogeneration plant installation was defined.

Keywords
AHP, analytic hierarchy process, CHP, cogeneration, MCDA, wood fuel
Hyperlink
http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2010/TimisoaraP/EELA/EELA-12.pdf

Volkova, A., Latosov, E., Siirde, A. Use of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Choosing an Optimal Location for a Wood Fuel Based Cogeneration Plant: a Case Study in Estonia. In: Selected Topics in Energy, Environment, Sustainable Development and Landscaping; The 6th WSEAS International Conference on Energy, Environment, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development (EEESD'10), Romania, Timisoara, 21-23 October, 2010. Timisoara: WSEAS, 2010, pp.89-94. ISBN 978-960-474-237-0.

Publication language
English (en)