Evaluation Method of Provincial Low-carbon Energy Power Development

Abstract

How to effectively evaluate the low-carbon energy development in the provincial level is with great of significance. In this paper, a provincial index system for the assessment of low-carbon energy development is constructed, which consists of three layers, i.e., the basic energy data, the analytical index and the evaluative index layers. Through the construction of the development scenario, the basic energy data are selected, the analytical indicators are measured and the development of low-carbon energy at the provincial level is evaluated from the perspectives of safety, economy, cleanness, efficiency and coordination. Our proposed method is applied to the assessment of low-carbon energy development in a central province, where the weight of the specific evaluation index can be determined by the analytic hierarchy process and expert opinion method. Besides, the data of a central province can be used to form a case application analysis result. The findings may provide some useful insights for underpin government decision-making.