Multicriteria evaluation of liquefied natural gas supply alternatives: The case of Greece (original) (raw)

2017, Proceedings of the 18th European Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production - ERSCP 2017, Skiathos Island Greece, 1-5/10/2017, p.p. 589 - 594. , 2017

Natural gas as a primary fossil fuel, will grow faster than both oil and coal for the next decades and distinguishes by its lower environmental impact in comparison to other conventional fuels. The paper focuses on the critical problem of natural gas supply in Greece and especially in its liquid form, LNG. A crucial problem in this field is the selection and the evaluation of LNG supplier. A multicriteria analysis, using Promethee II method, is carried out, evaluating all the potential LNG export terminals. The approach is based on selected criteria in the fields of economic supply, low environmental impact of the transfer, satisfaction of technical specifications and the current and future availability of the supply. The obtained results showed that there are advantageous LNG supply corridors for Greece with good performances in almost all the criteria.