Research Article

Quantitative Entropy Weight TOPSIS Evaluation of Sustainable Chinese Wind Power Developments

Table 1

The evaluation index system for sustainable wind power development.

Goal layerRestricted layerCriterion layerIndex layerUnit

Chinese sustainable wind power development evaluation systemSustainable ecological environmental evaluation systemDriving forces
D1
National non-fossil fuel energy consumption accounts for primary energy D11%
National energy consumption D12 t
Pressure
P1
National carbon dioxide emissions P11 t
National sulfur dioxide emissions P12 t
National waste water emissions P13 t
National oxynitride emissions P14 t
Situation
S1
Gross evaluated national wind power energy S11w/m2
Gross developable national wind power energy S12m/s
National annual average temperature S13°C
National annual average precipitation S14 m3
National annual average humidity S15%
Influence
I1
National wind power industry carbon dioxide emissions reductions I11 t
National wind power industry sulfur dioxide emission reductions I12 t
National wind power industry nitrogen oxide emission reductions I13
National wind power industry water resources saved I14 m3
National wind power industry energy consumption reductions (coal) I15 t
Reflection R1National total environmental protection investment R11 RMB
Total national investment in clean energy R12 USD
National environmental investment accounts for GDP R13%
Sustainable socio-economic evaluation systemDriving forces
D2
National population D21 people
National GDP per capita D22RMB
National electricity consumption D23 kwh
Pressure
P2
National average wind abandoned ratio P21%
National electricity accidents P22time
National wind turbines offline time P23time
Situation
S2
National wind power industry installed capacity S21 kwh
National wind power generating capacity S22 kwh
National wind power industry's generating capacity accounts for the whole S23%
Wind power equipment average available hours S24hour
National wind power integration ratio S25%
Influence
I2
National abandoned wind electricity I21 kwh
National abandoned wind lost income I22 RMB
National power supply line loss ratio I23%
National electricity reliability I24%
National power supply per capita I25kwh per capita
National wind power industry jobs I26units
Reflection
R2
National total wind power investment R21 RMB
Total investment in the construction of the national power grid R22 RMB
National wind power policy R23unit