Conference article

In March 2007 Europe Union fixed strong environmental objectives for all its members; and for the 2020 it will be required a reduction of 20% of energy consumption; a 20% quota of energy consumption obtained by renewables and a 20% reduction of greenhouse gases. The Piedmont Region administration lunched a roadmap either for the industrial side that for the civil one; but our Region has several territory scenario strongly linked with the geomorphology and many technical solutions can’t be used as a standard. With this work our aim is to make a comparison of the most used renewables technology in our territory like biomass; hydroelectric and photovoltaic with a multi-criteria analysis. The paper shows the application of Analytic Network Process (ANP); a multi-criteria technique; according to complex network; in order to select the most sustainable solution for the different scenario. The models enable all the elements of the decision process to be considered; namely technological factors; environmental aspects; economic costs and social impacts; and to compare them to find the best alternative. All the data used in the model are taken from public sources and the required elaboration were self-made.

Multi-criteria analysis; Renewable energy; Analytic Network Process