Prioritizing Renewable Energy Resources of Hormozgan Province

Energy as a geopolitical factor has gained a special occasion in power games of the world and access to energy resources has become a strategic importance for all levels of hierarchy of global power. Hormozgan province is one of the industrial provinces of Iran and this subject has caused to has been growing energy consumption in the province. Limited fossil energy resources and the problems of greenhouse gas emissions have caused increasing attention to renewable energy sources. This study is evaluated technical, economic, environmental and social-political criteria in order to achieve objective of evaluation and selection of appropriate renewable energy alternative for Hormozgan province by using AHP method. It is found that economic criteria is the most important criteria in evaluation of renewable energy sources and solar energy is appropriate alternative of renewable energy.