A grey-based group decision-making methodology for the selection of hydrogen technologies in life cycle sustainability perspective

The objective of this research is to develop a grey-based group decision-making methodology for the selection of the best renewable energy technology (including hydrogen) using a life cycle sustainability perspective. The traditional grey relational analysis has been modified to better address the issue of uncertainty. The proposed methodology allows multi-person to participate in the decision-making process and to give linguistic evaluation on the weights of the criteria and the performance of the alternative technologies. In this paper, twelve hydrogen production technologies have been assessed using the proposed methodology, electrolysis of water technology by hydropower has been considered to be the best technology for hydrogen production according to the decision-making group.

► This paper presents a novel methodology for hydrogen technology selection. ► The proposed methodology allows multi-person to participate in decision-making. ► The improved grey relation analysis can address linguistic variables. ► The method evaluates the technologies in sustainability and life cycle thinking.