A review of multi-criteria decision making approaches for evaluating energy storage systems for grid applications. (June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baumann, Manuel; Weil, Marcel; Peters, Jens F.; Chibeles-Martins, Nelson; Moniz, Antonio B.
• Is Part Of: Renewable & sustainable energy reviews. Volume 107(2019)
• Page Start: 516
• Page End: 534
• Publication Date: 2019-06
• Subjects: A-CAES Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage -- AHP Analytic Hierarchy Process -- ALT Alternative -- BWM Best-Worst Method -- CAES Compressed Air Energy Storage -- CCA Classic compensatory approaches -- CED Cumulated Energy Demand -- CS Chemical storage -- ESS Energy storage system -- ETS Energy Time Shift -- FL Fuzzy Logic -- GHG Greenhouse gases -- GP Goal programming -- IFCODAS Intuitionistic fuzzy combinative distance-based method -- IMADA Interval Multi-Attribute Decision Analysis method -- LiB Lithium Ion Batteries -- ELECTRE ELimination and Choice Expressing REality -- ELS Electric energy storage -- ES Electrochemical energy storage -- GHG Greenhouse gas emissions -- LAES Liquefied Air Energy Storage -- LCA Life Cycle Assessment -- LCC Life Cycle Costing -- LFP Li-iron-phosphate -- LFP-LTO Li-iron-phosphate / Li-titanate -- LMO Li-manganese oxide -- LAES Liquefied Air Energy Storage -- LCC Life Cycle Costing -- MES Mechanical energy storage -- MCDA Multi-criteria Decision Making -- MADM Multi-Attribute Decision Making -- MAUT Multi-Attribute Utility Theory -- MAVT Multi-Attribute Value Theory -- NaS Sodium Sulfur battery -- NCA Nickel-cobalt-aluminium oxide -- NCM Nickel-cobalt-manganese-oxide -- PbA Lead Acid Battery -- PEM Proton-exchange membrane -- P&Q Power –Quality -- PHS Pumped Hydro Storage -- PR Primary regulation -- PROMETHEE Preference Ranking Organization METHod for Enrichment of Evaluations -- PV Photovoltaics -- P2G Power to Gas -- RES Renewable Energy Sources -- SMART Simple Multi-Attribute Rating -- SMES Super conducting magnetic energy storage -- TOPSIS Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution -- VRFB Vanadium Redox Flow Battery -- WES Wind Energy Storage -- WSM Weighted Sum Method; Energy storage -- Renewable energy systems -- Decision making -- MCDA -- Sustainability -- MADM -- Stakeholder; Renewable energy sources -- Periodicals; Power resources -- Periodicals; Énergies renouvelables -- Périodiques; Ressources énergétiques -- Périodiques; 333.794
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2019.02.016
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1364-0321

Abstract

Abstract: Energy storage systems (ESS) are seen as one of the main pillars for a renewable-based energy system. Selecting the most suitable and sustainable ESS for a given project is a problem that involves multiple stakeholders with quite often diverging objectives that cannot all be fulfilled by a single technology. Several studies are available that tackle this problem applying multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). However, these use very different Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM) approaches, criteria and goals for decision support, why their results are difficult to compare or to reproduce. This work presents a review of existing MCDA-literature using MADM as a tool for sustainability evaluation of grid-tied ESS. Available studies are summarized, the goals, used MADM methods, and quantification of criteria are analyzed and discussed to provide tentative recommendations. The reviewed studies cover multiple technologies ranging from electrochemical, mechanical or electric ESS. Considered criteria are mainly structured around technology, economy, society, and environment, comprising a high number of individual sub-criteria. The aggregation of these criteria is mainly realized through the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in combination with a wide set of other methods. The quantification of various criteria is often based on different literature sources wherein context-free data for cost, and environmental impacts are used, leading in some cases to inconsistent comparisons in the assessments. Only in a few cases, assessments are linked to specific application requirements, which are decisive factors for the design of an ESS. A minority of the reviewed works include a representative set of decision-makers in their approaches, wherein the number or type of participants is often not communicated transparently. Therefore, most of the studies are considered to have a limited orientation towards practical decision making, but they provide valuable information regarding MADM method development. Highlights: First comprehensive review of existing MCDA studies on energy storage systems. Identification of methodological deficits in existing MCDA studies. Provision of orientative guidelines for future MCDA on energy storage systems. Comparison of results and summarized ranking of assessed storage systems. Good scores for li-ion batteries, pumped hydro and power-to-X, but depending on the application.