Eindhoven University of Technology MASTER Sun, sea, leisure, and energy the knowledge of experts used for the decison making of renewable energies in urban development areas in the North-Eastern part of Morocco, using AHP Chaïbi, U. Award date: 2015 Link to publication Disclaimer This document contains a student thesis (bachelor's or master's), as authored by a student at Eindhoven University of Technology. Student theses are made available in the TU/e repository upon obtaining the required degree. The grade received is not published on the document as presented in the repository. The required complexity or quality of research of student theses may vary by program, and the required minimum study period may vary in duration. 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(Brano) Glumac (Graduation Supervisor, TU/e) Ir. S. (Sami) Bouhmidi (Market Manager, MarchicaMed) Institute University Eindhoven University of Technology Faculty Faculty of the Built Environment Department Construction, Management and Engineering Company Company name MarchicaMed Graduation supervisor Ir. S. (Sami) Bouhmidi U. Chaïbi, 2015, Sun, Sea, Leisure, and Energy 2 U. Chaïbi, 2015, Sun, Sea, Leisure, and Energy CONTENTS PREFACE ........................................................................................................................... 7 PART I – FRAMEWORK .................................................................................................... 11 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 13 1.1 Context ................................................................................................................................................. 13 1.2 Positioning of the subject ...................................................................................................................... 16 1.3 Background information ....................................................................................................................... 17 1.4 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................... 20 1.5 Reading instructions ............................................................................................................................. 20 2 RESEARCH DESIGN ................................................................................................ 21 2.1 Problem description .............................................................................................................................. 21 2.2 Research questions ............................................................................................................................... 22 2.3 Research boundaries ............................................................................................................................. 22 2.4 Research method .................................................................................................................................. 23 2.5 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................... 25 PART II – CONTEXTUAL ORIENTATION ............................................................................. 27 3 NADOR AND THE MARCHICA LAGOON .................................................................. 29 3.1 The geographical context of Nador ....................................................................................................... 29 3.2 The characteristics of Nador area .......................................................................................................... 31 3.3 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................... 34 4 CITY OF TWO SEAS ................................................................................................ 35 4.1 The project ............................................................................................................................................ 35 4.2 The four resorts .................................................................................................................................... 36 4.3 Energy infrastructure ............................................................................................................................ 38 4.4 Entrance ................................................................................................................................................ 41 4.5 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................... 41 3 U. Chaïbi, 2015, Sun, Sea, Leisure, and Energy 5 ENERGY CONSUMPTION ....................................................................................... 43 5.1 Situation ............................................................................................................................................... 43 5.2 Computation ......................................................................................................................................... 43 5.3 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................... 44 6 RENEWABLE ENERGY ............................................................................................ 45 6.1 Renewable energy resources ................................................................................................................ 45 6.2 Storage of energy .................................................................................................................................. 49 6.3 Best practices ........................................................................................................................................ 50 6.4 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................... 52 PART III – RESEARCH APPLICATION AND RESULTS ............................................................ 55 7 METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................... 57 7.1 Multi Criteria Analysis (MCA) ................................................................................................................ 57 7.2 Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) .......................................................................................................... 58 7.3 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................... 59 8 APPLICATION TO RESEARCH .................................................................................. 61 8.1 Objective ............................................................................................................................................... 61 8.2 Decomposition ...................................................................................................................................... 61 8.3 Comparison matrix ................................................................................................................................ 65 8.4 Pair-wise comparison ............................................................................................................................ 65 8.5 Data quality .......................................................................................................................................... 67 8.6 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................... 71 PART IV – CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION ..................................................................... 73 9 CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION ........................................................................... 75 9.1 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................... 75 9.2 Discussion ............................................................................................................................................. 76 9.3 Recommendations ................................................................................................................................ 77 4 U. 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