Table 7 Total performance scores and rankings of energy alternatives for three cities
From: A systematic approach for assessment of renewable energy using analytic hierarchy process
Energy alternatives | Cities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chengdu | Eskisehir | Chicago | ||||
Efficiency | Second | 0.161 | First | 0.211 | First | 0.201 |
Solar | First | 0.186 | Second | 0.194 | Second | 0.172 |
Wind | Third | 0.153 | Third | 0.177 | Fourth | 0.145 |
Geothermal | Fourth | 0.133 | Fifth | 0.139 | Seventh | 0.098 |
Biomass | Fifth | 0.133 | Fourth | 0.162 | Third | 0.149 |
Nuclear | Seventh | 0.102 | Seventh | 0 | Sixth | 0.112 |
Hydroelectric | Sixth | 0.132 | Sixth | 0.117 | Fifth | 0.123 |