TY - JOUR
TI - SWOT-AHP method application to determine current energy situation and define strategies for energy security improvement
AU - Stojčetović Bojan
AU - Nikolić Đorđe
AU - Živković Živan
AU - Bogdanović Dejan
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2019
VL - 23
IS - 2
SP - 861
EP - 872
PT - Article
AB - The main objective of this paper is to determine the current energy  (electricity) situation in municipality of Štrpce and define and assess  potential strategies for improving energy security. For that purpose, paper  employed hybrid strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) and  analytical hierarchy process (AHP) methods. First, current energy situation  is observed using SWOT analysis. Then, according TOWS matrix potential SO,  WO, ST and WT strategies were defined. All strategies are rated using Expert  choice software. Result show that the three best ranked strategies for  improvement of energy security are: revitalization of the entire existing  distribution network (ST1), defining the appropriate investment and legal  model for the needs of building RES (ST2) and introducing energy management  in the public, commercial and industrial sectors and establishing a  municipal energy office (WT1), respectively.