Table 3 Parameters and criteria of the decision model.

Technical

C1: Deployment time [years]

^15,54

C2: Technical maturity

^24,55

C3: Efficiency

^21,24

C4: Capacity factor

^11,24

Economic

C5: Capital cost [USD/kW]

^21,56

C6: Operation and maintenance cost [USD/MW]

^15,54

C7: Payback period [years]

³³

C8: Levelized cost of electricity [USD/kWh]

^24,55

C9: Operational life [years]

²¹

Environmental

C10: Land requirement [\(\text {km}^2\)/1000 MW]

^54,55,56

C11: \(CO_2\) emission [mg/Kwh]

¹¹

C12: \(SO_2\) emission [mg/Kwh]

¹¹

C13: \(NO_x\) emission [mg/Kwh]

¹¹

C14: Impact on ecosystem

³³

Socio-political

C15: Foreign dependency

^21,33

C16: Job creation [jobs/500 MW]

^33,54

C17: Social acceptance [%]

^11,21

C18: Political acceptance [%]

^21,55

C19: Social benefits

^33,54