Prioritization of Decentralized Renewable Energy Technologies for Rural Areas of Bundelkhand Region, India Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)

Sudeep Yadav, Gaurav Srivastava, Priyanka Yadav, Balendu Shekhar Giri

Abstract


Bundelkhand region is located in the central part of India and its rural energy demand depends mainly on the non-renewable energy resources while renewable energy resources are abundantly available in this region. The utilization of renewable sources is the demand of time because non-renewable energy resources are limited in amount and cause environmental pollution as well as health problems also. Rural energy planning with the implementation of renewable technology helps to attain in sustainable development. The decentralized renewable energy technologies can play a major role to meet the rural energy demand of the country .The objective of this study is met by the identification and prioritization of the potential renewable energy technologies for rural areas of this region. Prioritization of potential renewable energy technologies for this region is done with the help of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). AHP introduced by Thomas L. Saaty, is one of the most widely used multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) tool in sustainable energy planning. AHP may help the decision-makers to set the priority and make the finest decision. This study identifies the various merit and demerit of the potential renewable energy technologies, namely anaerobic digestion, solar photovoltaic and biomass gasification and emphasizes the application of AHP in prioritization of the potential renewable energy technologies for rural areas in this region. The result of this research shows that solar photovoltaic can play a vital role in sustainable development in this region and it will also show a direction to policymaker and research scholar for analyzing rural energy planning in the most effective and efficient way.


Keywords


Renewable Energy Technologies; Rural Energy Planning; Bundelkhand Region; Analytical Hierarchy Process

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