TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Multi‐criteria Analysis to Prioritize Renewable Energy Home Heating Technologies
AU - Yang, Yingkui
AU - Ren, Jingzheng
AU - Solgaard, Hans Stubbe
AU - Xu, Di
AU - Nguyen, Thong Tien
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - Replacing all oil boilers with renewable energy technologies by 2035 is part of the national energy strategy 2050 in Denmark. Individual heating is supposed to supply around one-fourth of the total residential heating after 2035. About 205,703 homes will need to replace their current oil boilers. This study investigates the drivers for decision makers when adopting different renewable heating technologies. A total of 11 factors that embrace the economical, technological and environmental aspect of the alternative renewable heating technology are identified, and these were used for the selection of the alternative renewable heating technologies. Three renewable heating technologies: solar heating, heat pumps and wood pellet boilers are used in the estimation. The multi-criteria decision making analysis shows that solar heating is considered as the best alternative, and heat pumps is the second best, wood pellet boiler is the least attractive among three alternatives. It can be noted that solar heating and heat pumps are close alternatives.
AB - Replacing all oil boilers with renewable energy technologies by 2035 is part of the national energy strategy 2050 in Denmark. Individual heating is supposed to supply around one-fourth of the total residential heating after 2035. About 205,703 homes will need to replace their current oil boilers. This study investigates the drivers for decision makers when adopting different renewable heating technologies. A total of 11 factors that embrace the economical, technological and environmental aspect of the alternative renewable heating technology are identified, and these were used for the selection of the alternative renewable heating technologies. Three renewable heating technologies: solar heating, heat pumps and wood pellet boilers are used in the estimation. The multi-criteria decision making analysis shows that solar heating is considered as the best alternative, and heat pumps is the second best, wood pellet boiler is the least attractive among three alternatives. It can be noted that solar heating and heat pumps are close alternatives.
KW - Individual home heating
KW - Multi-criteria decision making
KW - Renewable energy technology prioritization
KW - Sustainable energy technologies for heating
U2 - 10.1016/j.seta.2018.06.005
DO - 10.1016/j.seta.2018.06.005
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85049867681
SN - 2213-1388
VL - 29
SP - 36
EP - 43
JO - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
JF - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
ER -
