Track: Decision Sciences

Abstract

By 2030 the United Arab Emirates (UAE) aims to increase the shares of renewable energy sources to 30%. However, the application of renewable energy is currently facing several challenges such as high competition with fossil fuel and energy efficiency. Meanwhile, the complexity of the implementation of renewable energy technologies has made the decision making more challenging. Accordingly, this research aims to highlight these problems and propose a decision making framework which combines different tools, methods and techniques to aid in decision making of renewable energy implementation in the UAE region. The decision making framework was designed based on decision making tools that being used in renewable energy sector, SWOT analysis which was conducted the renewable energy technologies individually, and PESTEL analysis which was conducted on renewable energy implementation in the UAE region. The framework was designed based on internal factors and external factors which were identified in the research methodology. The framework modelling was tested on one case study and a scenario case. The result described in this paper validates the framework.