Navigating Data Management Challenges and Seizing Opportunities in the Sahel Region: Selecting Weighting Factors within a Sustainability Framework

Abstract

Successfully steering the intricate transition to a sustainable energy system entails the inclusion of diverse stakeholders and the evaluation of numerous criteria in a multifaceted decision-making framework.This frequently presents challenges in the realm of data management.This work lays out conceptual considerations for identifying suitable weighting approaches in the context of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis applied in sustainable energy transitions in the Sahel region.

Authors 3

1. Florian Siekmann corresponding

   Forschungszentrum Jülich

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation (IEK-STE) , Forschungszentrum Jülich , Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße , 52428 Jülich , Germany

   Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation (IEK-STE), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, 52428 Jülich, Germany

2. Holger Schlör

   Forschungszentrum Jülich

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation (IEK-STE) , Forschungszentrum Jülich , Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße , 52428 Jülich , Germany

   Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation (IEK-STE), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, 52428 Jülich, Germany

3. Sandra Venghaus Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University · Forschungszentrum Jülich

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation (IEK-STE) , Forschungszentrum Jülich , Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße , 52428 Jülich , Germany

   RWTH Aachen University -School of Business and Economics , 52072 Aachen , Germany

   Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation (IEK-STE), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, 52428 Jülich, Germany

   RWTH Aachen University -School of Business and Economics, 52072 Aachen, Germany