A multi-objective evaluation of decentralized electricity generation options available to urban households

In this paper, five different electricity generation options have been evaluated using nine objectives representing the energy, economic and environment systems. Scenario development and a detailed sensitivity analysis have also been performed. The analyses indicate that, while decentralized electricity generation from PV and diesel can be readily encouraged for households, grid electricity and electricity from fuel wood gasification can be encouraged only after the efficiency of electricity generation is improved. The results also indicate that the use of electricity generated from biogas engines has to be discouraged as an electricity generation option. © 1994.