Ranking of hydropower projects based on sustainability criteria in India using multicriteria decision making methods

Assessment of hydropower projects with respect to sustainability criteria is a multidimensional and complex issue. It requires considering technical, environmental, social parameters instead purely economic ones in decision making for energy planning. The flexibility consider several objectives simultaneously leads the use multicriteria (MCDM) methods which are well accepted field This paper aims at applying MCDM facilitating makers select most sustainable Indian region by real logical choices based on eight important selected from literature that compatible development. To comprehensively rank three applied i.e., technique order preference similarity ideal solution (TOPSIS), ranking organization method enrichment evaluations (PROMETHEE II), elimination choice translating reality (ELECTRE III). Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) used calculate weights criteria. All adapted assessment ranked Sharavathi (A9), Bhakra (A2), Upper Indravati (A13) be India under study will helpful planning similar geographical conditions.