Abstract
The energy storage is an important character for sustainable energy structures and the prospective future economy. This paper aims to propose a multi-attribute decision analysis (MADA) approach to prioritize and choose the energy storage system (ESS) alternatives in terms of the different technical, economic, environmental and social aspects of them. In this line, an integrated approach is developed with the combination of intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs), a method using the removal effects of criteria (MEREC), rank sum (RS) and the measurement of the alternatives and ranking based on compromise solution (MARCOS) methods for prioritizing the ESSs. The IF-MEREC-RS was used to find the integrated weight by combining the objective and subjective weights of the different indicators for prioritizing the ESSs. The MARCOS method was implemented to rank the various ESSs over several crucial indicators of sustainability. The practical outcome illustrates that the Li-ion battery (LIB) is the best ESS among all of the options, and this is followed by NaSB and NiMHB. A sensitivity investigation with the diverse weights of the indicators shows the impact of the risk preferences on an alternative prioritization. A comparison is discussed with the outcomes of the different presented, extant approaches to certify the superiority of the presented approach.