Pre-Print Multicriteria-based methodology for the design of rural electrification systems. A case study in Nigeria

9) fix the power generation flow of the PV plant and the wind farm according to the generation potential and the optimized capacity of each asset. [...] This is based on indicators which evaluate the fulfillment of the corresponding criteria by considering the outputs of the optimization; in particular, the investment costs and operational expenditures required, the assets’ optimal capacities and the optimal power flows during the optimization time (Table 1). [...] Regarding the qualitative criteria, the results of the assessment of the PV technology directly set the evaluation of the off-grid alternatives which consider only PV, as this is the only technology included. [...] Third, the socio-institutional dimension takes into account the tariff for electrical service, the users’ acceptance of the different technologies of electricity generation and the alignment of these technologies with the government’s tendency. [...] Questionnaires to experts in Nigeria electrification context are assessed to determinate the weights of the criteria and to evaluate the performance of the different technologies of electricity generation (solar PV, diesel and the national grid extension) for each qualitative criterion.