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Chapter 1

Multicriteria decision-making

methodologies and their
applications in sustainable

energy system/microgrids

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Abhishek Kumar , Bikash Sah , Arvind R. Singh , Yan Deng ,
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Xiangning He , Praveen Kumar and Ramesh Bansal 4
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College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China, Department of
Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati,
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Guwahati, India, School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China,
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United
Arab Emirates
1.1 Introduction
As per International Energy Organization, currently, more than 38% of the
global population suffers from energy poverty [1].Around2792million
people are deprived of access to clean cooking and electricity access. This
condition is even worse in the case of India (834 million without clean
cooking and 240 million without electricity) and sub-Saharan Africa (846
million without clean cooking and 588 million without electricity) where a
combined population of the United States and Europe also do not have any
access to energy for their general livelihood [1,2]. This situation is antici-
pated to become worse due to population growth, rapid industrialization,
and economic development, especially in the case of India [3]. The overall
development of a country is proportional to the increase in the require-
ments of energy; therefore, many policies are being framed by the govern-
ments to embrace on the suitable energy planning strategies leading to
sustainable development [4,5]. Underscoring the importance of energy
issues for overall development, United Nation (UN) general assembly has
unanimously declared the decade 2014 24 as the “Decade of Sustainable
Energy for All.” Adding weight to the declaration, “2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development” was formulated and adopted in 2015 by the UN.

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