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Model of sustainable development of energy system, case of Hamedan

Sahabmanesh, A ; Sharif University of Technology | 2017

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.01.039
  3. Publisher: Elsevier Ltd , 2017
  4. Abstract:
  5. Sustainable economic growth and improvement of the social welfare depend upon the sufficient supply of energy resources, while the utilization of energy resources is one of the main factors of environmental degradation. This research is involved with development of a sustainable energy system model and a new method for sustainability assessment. This model represents the flow of energy from primary resources through processing, conversion, and end-use technologies in an optimization framework where the useful energy demand in various social and economic sectors is met. The impact of energy supply and consumption chain on the environment at each level of energy system is also embedded in the model structure. A multi-criteria analysis of changes is then applied and sustainable development indices of the whole system are concluded. Finally, effects of the energy subsidy policy and high economic growth rate on sustainability of the energy system in three scenarios are analyzed. Results demonstrate that energy subsidy decelerates the improvement rate of the total sustainability index. Also, when a high economic growth is accompanied with the energy subsidy this index reduces considerably. Results show that how penetration of renewable energy potentials changes the sustainability situation of energy systems. © 2017
  6. Keywords:
  7. Energy subsidy ; Energy system model ; Multi-criteria analysis ; Renewable energy ; Sustainability assessment ; Economic analysis ; Economics ; Energy resources ; Planning ; Renewable energy resources ; Energy subsidies ; Multi Criteria Analysis ; Renewable energies ; Sustainable development ; Alternative energy ; Economic growth ; Modeling ; Multicriteria analysis ; Optimization ; Resource assessment ; Socioeconomic impact ; Subsidy system ; Hamadan ; Iran
  8. Source: Energy Policy ; Volume 104 , 2017 , Pages 66-79 ; 03014215 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421517300514