Title: Multicriteria analysis of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) utilisation in waste treatment facilities: the case of Chania prefecture, Greece

Authors: George Xydis, Maria Loizidou, Christopher J. Koroneos

Addresses: School of Chemical Engineering, Unit of Environmental Science and Technology, National Technical University of Athens, 9, Heroon Polytechniou Str., Zografou Campus, 15773, Athens, Greece. ' School of Chemical Engineering, Unit of Environmental Science and Technology, National Technical University of Athens, 9, Heroon Polytechniou Str., Zografou Campus, 15773, Athens, Greece. ' Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box 483, GR. 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract: Greece|s current solid waste management system faces important environmental challenges that make it non-sustainable. There is a need to move towards an integrated solid waste management that shall include systems in the frames of |sustainable development| approach. An optimisation methodology is applied in Greece, where various Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) could be exploited to satisfy part of the existing and proposed waste management facilities| energy needs. An application of multicriteria analysis and many scenarios were examined in the cases where the requirements of certain end uses were increased and where RES could not contribute at the maximum of their potential.

Keywords: waste treatment facilities; multicriteria analysis; optimisation models; RES; renewable energy sources; Greece; solid waste management; sustainable development; sustainability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2010.033993

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 2010 Vol.6 No.1/2, pp.197 - 213

Published online: 06 Jul 2010 *

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