Evaluating clean energy alternatives for Jiangsu, China An improved multi-criteria decision making method》.pdf

Energy xxx (2015) 1e12 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Energy journal homepage: /locate/energy Evaluating clean energy alternatives for Jiangsu, China: An improved multi-criteria decision making method Ling Zhang a, b, *, Peng Zhou a, b, Sidney Newton c, Jian-xin Fang d, De-qun Zhou a, b, Lu-ping Zhang a, b a College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 29 Jiangjun Avenue, Nanjing 211106, China b Research Centre for Soft Energy Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 29 Jiangjun Avenue, Nanjing 211106, China c Faculty of Built Environment, The University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia d Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Signal et Automatique de Lille, Ecole Centrale De Lille, Cite Scientifi c, 59651 Villeneuve-dAscq, France a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Promoting the utilization of clean energy has been identified as one potential solution to addressing Received 17 June 2014 environmental pollution and achieving sustainable development in many countries around the world. Received in revised form Evaluating clean energy alternatives includes a requirement to balance multiple conflict criteria, 8 July 2015 including technology, environment, economy and society, all of which are incommensurate and inter- Accepted 29 July 2015 Available online xxx dependent. Traditional MCDM (multi-criteria decision