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Kaveh Madani, PhD, F.AGU, F.EWRI

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

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+44 (0)20 7594 9346k.madani Website

 
 
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Location

 

16 Prince's GardensSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inbook{Farhat:2020:10.1007/978-3-030-40052-1_1,
author = {Farhat, RA and Mahlooji, M and Gaudard, L and El-Baba, J and Harajli, H and Kabakian, V and Madani, K},
booktitle = {Food-Energy-Water Nexus Resilience and Sustainable Development: Decision-Making Methods, Planning, and Trade-Off Analysis},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-40052-1_1},
pages = {1--27},
title = {A multi-attribute assessment of electricity supply options in lebanon},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40052-1_1},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - CHAP
AB  - The lack of holistic decision-making assessments has been the main reason behind Lebanon’s persistent energy challenges for a long time. Increasing the capacity of renewable electricity generation as well as conventional power plants running on imported fuels has been proposed to ensure energy security in Lebanon. However, this approach does not necessarily consider Lebanon’s most persistent energy challenges and the potential impacts of selected technologies on Lebanon’s scarce land and water resources. Relying on a System of Systems (SoS) perspective and considering the Climate, Land, Energy, and Water (CLEW) nexus, this study is an effort to help overcome Lebanon’s energy sustainability challenges while reducing impacts on the country’s valuable natural, economic, and social resources. Two parallel but complementary frameworks are used. First, through Resource Efficiency Assessment (REA), the potential impacts of the electricity technologies on the nation’s environmental and economic resources are evaluated. Next, the Sustainability Performance Assessment (SPA) considers a number of criteria relative to the region’s economic, social, environmental, and technical energy challenges. Using the Aggregate Performance Index (API), the relative performance of each energy is calculated based on the results of REA and SPA. Results suggest that offshore wind, solar photovoltaics, natural gas, geothermal, nuclear, and hydropower technologies are the most desirable electricity generation options in Lebanon based on the assumptions and values used in this study.
AU  - Farhat,RA
AU  - Mahlooji,M
AU  - Gaudard,L
AU  - El-Baba,J
AU  - Harajli,H
AU  - Kabakian,V
AU  - Madani,K
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-030-40052-1_1
EP  - 27
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 9783030400514
SP  - 1
TI  - A multi-attribute assessment of electricity supply options in lebanon
T1  - Food-Energy-Water Nexus Resilience and Sustainable Development: Decision-Making Methods, Planning, and Trade-Off Analysis
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40052-1_1
ER  -
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