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Evaluating future scenarios for the power generation sector using a Multi-Crite...
Ribeiro, Fernando; Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira deA Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) tool was designed and used to support the evaluation of different electricity production scenarios. The MCDA tool is implemented in a user-friendly Excel worksheet and uses information obtained from a mixed integer optimization model, to produce a set of optimal schemes under different assumptions. Given the input, the MCDA allowed ranking different scenarios relying on...
Public opinion on renewable energy technologies : the Portuguese case
Ribeiro, Fernando; Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira de; Braga, A. C.Renewable energy technologies are part of the solution to meet future increasing demand of electricity and decommissioning of power plants in the European Union. Public opinion surveys indicate general support of these technologies, but particular projects face local opposition, a phenomenon known in the literature as the NIMBY (Not In My BackYard) hypothesis. In this study, the public opinion on renewable ener...
Social return of R&D investments in manufacturing sector : some insights from a...
Cunha, Jorge; Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira de; Ares, EnriqueThis paper aims at contributing to the literature on how to measure the social impact of Research and Development (R&D) investment projects. For that purpose, an exploratory case study was undertaken to assess the importance that companies give to the social return of R&D investments and to identify the criteria and indicators more relevant for this evaluation process. The research undertaken is based on interv...
The impact of fuel and CO2 prices on electricity power plans
Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Soares, Isabel; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira deThe increasing uncertainty surrounding the electricity generating sector has implications on the forecasting accuracy and makes sensitivity analysis an essential tool for electricity power planning. The fuel price volatility and the emissions trading schemes represent major sources of uncertainty, as the relative economic interest of thermo power plants and of renewable energy sources largely depends on these t...
A multi-criteria decision analysis tool to support electricity
Ribeiro, Fernando; Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira deA Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) tool was designed to support the evaluation of different electricity production scenarios. The MCDA tool is implemented in Excel worksheet and uses information obtained from a mixed integer optimization model. Given the input, the MCDA allowed ranking different scenarios relying on their performance on 13 criteria covering economic, job market, quality of life of local ...
An integrated framework to support sustainable electricity planning
Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira deThe changes in the electricity sector along with the need for sustainable development required traditional electricity planning to expand beyond pure financial analysis and even beyond direct environmental impact analysis. The electricity planner has now the task of designing electricity strategies for the future with the view of enhancing the financial performance of the sector while simultaneously addressing ...
The inclusion of social aspects in power planning
Ribeiro, Fernando; Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira deThis paper overviews previous research addressing the inclusion of the, social dimension of sustainable development on power systems planning. Consequences of the recent energy policies and strategies are already being felt in, developed countries’ power systems, with the integration of rising quotas in renewable, energy technologies. However, while the tools that aid decision making on power, planning show tha...
Using experts interviews to create electricity scenarios and to assess social i...
Ribeiro, Fernando; Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira deThis paper focus on the assessment of the social dimension of electricity planning, resourcing to participative methodologies. A guide for interviewing power systems experts, covering a wide range of themes is presented. The guide focus on evolution of electricity consumption and supply according to each type of technology, driving forces among emerging technologies, energy policy, the relevance of sustainable ...
A methodology to address social concerns on electricity planning
Ribeiro, Fernando; Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira deThe topic Sustainable Development has brought a wide discussion across a number of sectors in our society, namely in Power Systems. Given the need to address other concerns than the economic ones, decision makers must take into account the rationale that lies beneath strategic choices, such as investing in generation technologies using renewable energy or rather doing business as usual and installing fossil fue...
The integration of social concerns into electricity power planning : a combined...
Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira de; O’Kelly, M. E. J.The increasing acceptance of the principle of sustainable development has been a major driving force towards new approaches to energy planning. This is a complex process involving multiple and conflicting objectives, in which many agents were able to influence decisions. The integration of environmental, social and economic issues in decision making, although fundamental, is not an easy task, and tradeoffsmust ...
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