PMID- 35261488
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20221221
IS  - 0960-1481 (Print)
IS  - 1879-0682 (Electronic)
IS  - 0960-1481 (Linking)
VI  - 189
DP  - 2022 Apr
TI  - Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic in planning the future energy systems 
      of developing countries using an integrated MCDM approach in the off-grid areas 
      of Bangladesh.
PG  - 25-38
LID - 10.1016/j.renene.2022.02.099 [doi]
AB  - The COVID-19 epidemic is impeding energy development in developing countries and 
      exacerbating the problems associated with energy planning in off-grid locations. 
      To address such complicated decision-making issues and consider scenarios during 
      this long-lasting pandemic, this study proposes a novel integrated MCDM 
      (Multi-Criteria Decision Making) approach using the Delphi based FO-BWM (Fuzzy 
      Optimistic Best-Worst Method), IDOCRIW (Integrated Determination of Objective 
      Criteria Weights) and the Aggregated Weighting Method integrated with the CoCoSo 
      method under different normalization methods based on a case study of the 
      off-grid areas in Bangladesh. The results of Delphi analysis showed that a total 
      of five criteria were agreed upon by the expert panel. After integrating 5 
      normalization methods with CoCoSo and using three weighting methods separately, a 
      total of 15 MCDM models were constructed. Finally, the 8 sorted MCDM models 
      demonstrate that Solar Home System (SHS) and Mini-Grid systems need to be 
      prioritized, and the criterion Opportunity of Local Funding (OLF) is essential 
      for choosing between SHS and Mini-Grid systems. Sensitivity analysis showed that 
      the proposed method is effective for easing the dilemmas of energy planning in 
      off-grid areas and provides useful insight to address the impacts of future 
      pandemics on energy planning.
CI  - (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Ali, Tausif
AU  - Ali T
AD  - College of Energy and Electrical Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, 
      China.
FAU - Aghaloo, Kamaleddin
AU  - Aghaloo K
AD  - College of Water Conservancy & Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 
      210098, China.
FAU - Chiu, Yie-Ru
AU  - Chiu YR
AD  - Center for General Education, Tzu-Chi University, No.701, Zhongyang Rd, Sec.3, 
      Hualien, 97004, Taiwan.
FAU - Ahmad, Munir
AU  - Ahmad M
AD  - School of Economics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220304
PL  - England
TA  - Renew Energy
JT  - Renewable energy
JID - 101609473
PMC - PMC8894133
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - BWM
OT  - COVID-19
OT  - CoCoSo
OT  - Delphi
OT  - Fuzzy
OT  - Off-grid
COIS- The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or 
      personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in 
      this paper.
EDAT- 2022/03/10 06:00
MHDA- 2022/03/10 06:01
PMCR- 2022/03/04
CRDT- 2022/03/09 08:43
PHST- 2021/04/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/02/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/02/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/03/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/03/10 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/03/09 08:43 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/03/04 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S0960-1481(22)00249-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.renene.2022.02.099 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Renew Energy. 2022 Apr;189:25-38. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.02.099. Epub 2022 
      Mar 4.