Energy-Efficiency Economics as a Resource for Energy Planning

作     者：Fabio Correa Leite Decio Cicone Jr Luiz Claudio Ribeiro Galvao Miguel Edgar Morales Udaeta 

作者机构：Energy Group of Electric Energy and Automation Engineering DepartmentPolytechnic SchoolUniversity of Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil 

出 版 物：《Open Journal of Energy Efficiency》 (能源效率（英文）)

年 卷 期：2013年第2卷第1期

页      面：22-28页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 

基　　金：Sao Paulo Research Foundation-FAPESP (from the portuguese acronym “Fundacao de Amparo a Pes- quisa do Estado de Sao Paulo”)  

主　　题：Energy Conservation Energy Planning Power Economics Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) 

摘      要：The objective of this work is a multi-criteria decision-making assessment that aims to facilitate the Energy-Efficiency Economics, introducing the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) as part of power-system planning tool for an energy-efficiency application. It addresses to include qualitative aspects in the decision-making agendas of energy-efficiency projects. The manuscript details the limitations of non-rigorous financial analysis and proposes an alternative for including energy-efficiency measures in discussions pertaining to the financial opportunities available to any investor, and it presents the methodology that supports the qualitative aspects and the software package used to execute this methodology. As case study a complete example including a sensitivity analysis is presented.