Long-Term Electricity Scenarios for the MENA Region: Assessing the Preferences of Local Stakeholders Using Multi-Criteria Analyses

Energies

Shahrazad Far¹  Marina Blohm²  Christine Krüger³  Ole Zelt³  Sönke Bohm⁴ 

[1]Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany

[2]Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, Europa-Universität Flensburg, 24937 Flensburg, Germany

[3]Division Future Energy and Industry Systems, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, 42103 Wuppertal, Germany

[4]Institute of Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany

关键词: MENA;    electricity scenarios;    MCA;    multi-criteria;    stakeholder participation;    sustainability;    Tunisia;    Morocco;    Jordan;    energy modelling;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en12163046

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In recent years, most countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), including Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia, have rolled out national policies with the goal of decarbonising their economies. Energy policy goals in these countries have been characterised by expanding the deployment of renewable energy technologies in the electricity mix in the medium term (i.e., until 2030). This tacitly signals a transformation of socio-technical systems by 2030 and beyond. Nevertheless, how these policy objectives actually translate into future scenarios that can also take into account a long-term perspective up to 2050 and correspond to local preferences remains largely understudied. This paper aims to fill this gap by identifying the most widely preferred long-term electricity scenarios for Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. During a series of two-day workshops (one in each country), the research team, along with local stakeholders, adopted a participatory approach to develop multiple 2050 electricity scenarios, which enabled electricity pathways to be modelled using Renewable Energy Pathway Simulation System GIS (renpassG!S). We subsequently used the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) within a Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) to capture local preferences. The empirical findings show that local stakeholders in all three countries preferred electricity scenarios mainly or even exclusively based on renewables. The findings demonstrate a clear preference for renewable energies and show that useful insights can be generated using participatory approaches to energy planning.

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