Abstract
The process of decarbonization and increasing the share of renewable sources of energy (RES) arising not only from European Union targets leads to development, expansion, and construction of new RES. Municipalities thus face a decision whether to support/accept RES projects or not. Although energy managers are part of the municipality management in almost all bigger cities, mayors of smaller municipalities have to go through the decision-making process on their own. The aim of the paper is to present a newly developed approach for mayors and state representatives that helps them implement the process in a user-friendly way. The paper brings a description of an approach to RES impact assessment at a municipal level based on multicriteria analysis. The RES impacts are divided into four categories: economic, social, environmental, and innovation effects. The procedure is demonstrated on an example of assessment of four sources in Czechia.
Highlights
A European Union Directive has set the target of a 20% share of energy from renewable sources in the final energy consumption by 2020, increasing demand for these sources
Afterwards, the impact weights were multiplied by the degree of effect, which was determined for each of the renewable sources of energy (RES) based on specific properties and location
For the sake of clarity, the table omits criteria that were neutral for all the renewable energy sources
Summary
A European Union Directive has set the target of a 20% share of energy from renewable sources in the final energy consumption by 2020, increasing demand for these sources. Meeting the target has resulted in support to construction and operation of renewable sources of energy (RES) by Member States. Many mayors are facing the decision whether to support construction of RES in their municipality. They are interested in both positive and negative impacts of construction and operation of renewables. The EU set a further target in 2018—32% share of RES in total consumption. The investment in RES will continue in the coming years, increasing the pressure on mayors
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