<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The development of renewable energy technologies (RET) depends on a wide range of criteria and regulations. To evaluate which RET (solar photovoltaic (PV), wind power plants (WPP), hydroelectric power plants (HPP) or bio-energy plants) have the greatest potential in Latvia, the most suitable approach is a multiple criteria decision making (MCDM). The proposed MCDM methodology involves TOPSIS model based on information entropy, which contributes as a criteria weighting tool. The study investigates seven main criteria from technical, economic, environmental and social aspects. Firstly, each alternative country is analysed due to the chosen RET criteria. Secondly, the assessment is extended, comparing specific data with Latvia’s MCDM of RET results. The research results show that, according to the best available examples of RET, hydro energy plants still play a substantial role for Latvia, the most promising RET development is based on bio-energy and wind renewable energies.</p></abstract>

The development of renewable energy technologies (RET) depends on a wide range of criteria and regulations. To evaluate which RET (solar photovoltaic (PV), wind power plants (WPP), hydroelectric power plants (HPP) or bio-energy plants) have the greatest potential in Latvia, the most suitable approach is a multiple criteria decision making (MCDM). The proposed MCDM methodology involves TOPSIS model based on information entropy, which contributes as a criteria weighting tool. The study investigates seven main criteria from technical, economic, environmental and social aspects. Firstly, each alternative country is analysed due to the chosen RET criteria. Secondly, the assessment is extended, comparing specific data with Latvia’s MCDM of RET results. The research results show that, according to the best available examples of RET, hydro energy plants still play a substantial role for Latvia, the most promising RET development is based on bio-energy and wind renewable energies.

Progress in Renewable Energy Technologies: Innovation Potential in Latvia

Institute of Energy Systems and Environment

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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The development of renewable energy technologies (RET) depends on a wide range of criteria and regulations. To evaluate which RET (solar photovoltaic (PV),...

Progress in Renewable Energy Technologies: Innovation Potential in Latvia

Published Online: Nov 18, 2019

Page range: 47 - 63

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2019-0054

Keywords
Europe-2020, low/zero emission energy technology prioritization, Matlab programming, multi-criteria decision making (MCDM), TOPSIS

© 2019 Karina Suharevska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Progress in Renewable Energy Technologies: Innovation Potential in Latvia

Published Online: Nov 18, 2019

Page range: 47 - 63

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2019-0054

KeywordsEurope-2020, low/zero emission energy technology prioritization, Matlab programming, multi-criteria decision making (MCDM), TOPSIS

© 2019 Karina Suharevska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Europe-2020, low/zero emission energy technology prioritization, Matlab programming, multi-criteria decision making (MCDM), TOPSIS