Fuzzy ISM–DEMATEL modeling for the sustainable development hindrances in the renewable energy supply chain

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International Journal of Energy Sector Management Pub Date : 2023-01-27 DOI:10.1108/ijesm-05-2022-0024

Iman Ghasemian Sahebi, Seyed Pendar Toufighi, Mahdi Azzavi, Behzad Masoomi, M. Maleki

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Abstract

Purpose By replacing traditional fossil fuels, renewable energy (RE) has the potential to become an outstanding sustainable energy supply. However, owing to technological, economic, social and legal constraints, RE is still in its early stages of development. Hence, this paper aims to analyze the sustainable development hindrances in the RE supply chain (RESC). Design/methodology/approach Twenty-three hindrances to the sustainable development of the RE industry were investigated in this research, which included a review of the expert opinion and literature. Then, a mutual relationship between the hindrances by integrating interpretive structural modeling and decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory in fuzzy environment was established. Furthermore, using the cross-impact matrix multiplication applied to a classification analysis, these hindrances were grouped. Findings The findings show that the important hindrances are “lack of standards for the RESC (H19), lack of entrepreneurship support (H21), lack of incentives/subsidies to encourage RE producers to compete (H30) and lack of governmental support for sustainable supply chain solutions (H31). Originality/value This research provides unique insights into the area of sustainability in RESC. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to analyze the sustainability hindrances in the RESC.

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可再生能源供应链可持续发展障碍的模糊ISM–DEMATEL模型

目的通过取代传统的化石燃料，可再生能源有潜力成为一种杰出的可持续能源。然而，由于技术、经济、社会和法律的限制，可再生能源仍处于早期发展阶段。因此，本文旨在分析可再生能源供应链中的可持续发展障碍。设计/方法/途径本研究调查了可再生能源行业可持续发展的23个障碍，包括专家意见和文献综述。然后，通过将解释性结构建模与模糊环境下的决策试验与评估实验室相结合，建立了障碍之间的相互关系。此外，将交叉影响矩阵乘法应用于分类分析，对这些障碍进行了分组。调查结果显示，重要的障碍是“缺乏RESC的标准（H19），缺乏创业支持（H21），缺乏鼓励可再生能源生产商竞争的激励/补贴（H30），以及缺乏政府对可持续供应链解决方案的支持（H31）.独创性/价值这项研究为RESC的可持续发展领域提供了独特的见解。据作者所知，这是第一篇分析RESC中可持续性障碍的论文。

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International Journal of Energy Sector Management MANAGEMENT-

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Energy Sector Management aims to facilitate dissemination of research on issues relating to supply management (covering the entire supply chain of resource finding, extraction, production, treatment, conversion, transportation, distribution and retail supply), demand and usage management, waste management, customer and other stakeholder management, and solutions thereto. The journal covers all forms of energy (non-renewable and renewable), forms of supply (centralised or decentralised), ownership patterns (public or private, cooperative, joint, or any other), market structures (formal, informal, integrated, disintegrated, national, international, local, etc.) and degress of commoditisation (e.g. internationally traded, regionally traded, non-traded, etc.). The journal aims to cover a wide range of subjects relevant to the management of the energy sector, including but not limited to: Management of scarce resources (economic, financial, human and natural), projects, activities and concerns (e.g. regulatory, social and environmental aspects), technologies and knowledge Business strategy, policy and planning as well as decision support systems for energy sector management Business organisation, structure and environment, and changes thereto Globalisation and multi-cultural management Management of innovation, change and transition.