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An Integrated Toolbox to Assess the Viability of Solar PV at OHIO University

Burke, Alex Norton
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6694-6128
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1492506322974432

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2017, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Environmental Studies (Voinovich).
Ohio University demands over 120,000 Megawatt Hours of electricity annually and plans to reduce the institutional greenhouse gas emissions to 0 by 2075. The demand for electricity includes a significant environmental footprint under the current electricity procurement contract. Addressing the best option for an energy user therefore requires careful examination of the environmental, social, and financial costs and benefits of each scenario. This research develops optimal scenarios for a solar PV installation in Athens, OH and assesses the sustainability of four solar PV installation scenarios and two status quo scenarios. Finally, Analytical hierarchy process is used to simulate decision making process with multiple criteria. The criteria are categorized as environmental, social, and financial and decisions are simulated with three sets of weighting on each criterion. A solar installation helps verify modeled results within the research which concludes that a solar PV farm with tracking or rooftop would serve as the most sustainable electricity procurement decision for OHIO University.
Derek Kauneckis, Ph. D (Advisor)
Daniel Karney, Ph. D (Committee Member)
Greg Kremer, Ph. D (Committee Member)
107 p.
Environmental Management; Environmental Studies; Sustainability
Sustainable energy, solar PV, cost benefit analysis, life cycle assessment, sustainability assessment, sustainability, energy, decision making modeling, solar PV modeling, analytical hierarchy process, environmental studies

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  • Burke, A. N. (2017). An Integrated Toolbox to Assess the Viability of Solar PV at OHIO University [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1492506322974432

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Burke, Alex. An Integrated Toolbox to Assess the Viability of Solar PV at OHIO University. 2017. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1492506322974432.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Burke, Alex. "An Integrated Toolbox to Assess the Viability of Solar PV at OHIO University." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1492506322974432

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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