Abstract

This study proposes a quantitative evaluation model for comparative analysis of installed renewable energy (RE) capacity development in seven north-eastern states of India. The north-eastern states of India have a hilly terrain and have high potential for renewable energy sources. Hence, they receive special attention as far as renewable energy capacity development is concerned. Performance indicators (PIs) are constructed to capture RE development status. Then a combination of modified CRITIC and VIKOR methods is used for getting the rankings for the selected states based on data collected for the PIs. The yearly trends of performance scores for five PIs of RE capacity development included in the evaluation index are compared with yearly trend of performance rank for all the selected states. This is critical for obtaining meaningful insights to identify weaker performance areas among state(s) considering relative performance ranks. Model helps in planning the expansion of RE projects by identifying the development trends in areas that are performing better than others and pinpointing concern for the areas that are lagging behind on a relative scale.