A comprehensive review of state-of-the-art concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies: Current status and research trends

MT Islam, N Huda, AB Abdullah, R Saidur - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
Concentrating solar power (CSP) has received significant attention among researchers,
power-producing companies and state policymakers for its bulk electricity generation …

A review of multi-criteria decision-making applications to solve energy management problems: Two decades from 1995 to 2015

A Mardani, EK Zavadskas, Z Khalifah, N Zakuan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy management problems associated with rapid institutional, political, technical,
ecological, social and economic development have been of critical concern to both national …

Thermal energy storage technologies and systems for concentrating solar power plants

S Kuravi, J Trahan, DY Goswami, MM Rahman… - Progress in energy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of thermal energy storage system design methodologies and
the factors to be considered at different hierarchical levels for concentrating solar power …

A multicriteria decision making approach for evaluating renewable power generation sources in Saudi Arabia

H Al Garni, A Kassem, A Awasthi, D Komljenovic… - … energy technologies and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Renewable energy sources are seen as potential alternatives for future energy generation
and fossil fuel consumption. In this paper, we propose a multicriteria decision making …

An overview of multi-criteria decision-making methods in dealing with sustainable energy development issues

I Siksnelyte, EK Zavadskas, D Streimikiene, D Sharma - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
The measurement of sustainability is actively used today as one of the main preventative
instruments in order to reduce the decline of the environment. Sustainable decision-making …

How green is 'green'energy?

L Gibson, EN Wilman, WF Laurance - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2017 - cell.com
Renewable energy is an important piece of the puzzle in meeting growing energy demands
and mitigating climate change, but the potentially adverse effects of such technologies are …

Sustainable and renewable energy: An overview of the application of multiple criteria decision making techniques and approaches

A Mardani, A Jusoh, EK Zavadskas, F Cavallaro… - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
The main purpose of this paper is to present a systematic review of MCDM techniques and
approaches in sustainable and renewable energy systems problems. This study reviewed a …

Solar parabolic dish Stirling engine system design, simulation, and thermal analysis

AZ Hafez, A Soliman, KA El-Metwally… - Energy conversion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Modeling and simulation for different parabolic dish Stirling engine designs have been
carried out using Matlab®. The effect of solar dish design features and factors such as …

A comprehensive multi-criteria model to rank electric energy production technologies

EW Stein - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
The purpose of this research was to develop a model for decision-makers to rank various
renewable and non-renewable electricity production technologies according to multiple …

Scenario processes for socio-environmental systems analysis of futures: a review of recent efforts and a salient research agenda for supporting decision making

S Elsawah, SH Hamilton, AJ Jakeman… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the latest research on scenarios including the processes and products
for socio-environmental systems (SES) analysis, modeling and decision making. A group of …