Renewable energy sources is a quickly spreading field which has changed significantly over recent years. Besides advancement in technologies of renewable energy sources lead to the production of clean energy in a wide scale. Furthermore, renewables can be an origin of jobs and economically origin of energy. On the other words, nowadays, fossil fuels are the principal energy sources in which electricity is obtained. However, these sources will not last forevermore, and thus in due course renewable energies will have to sub them in this role. All kinds of energy sources have some negative effects on our environment. Fossil fuels ? coal, oil, and natural gas ? are considerably more detrimental than renewable energy sources by most measures, including pollution of water and air, public health damage, loss of habitat and wildlife, water usage, land utilization, and global warming emissions. Besides regarding social impacts of utilization of renewables is job creation, economics, health, and oil dependence. The goal of this article is to examine and evaluate impacts of utilization of renewable energy sources on socio-economic and environmental status which are able of being renewed if consume properly with the aim of choosing suitable and passable resources of energy as for achieving various policy?s intentions and purposes in Iran. On the other hand, this research highlights social, economic and environmental impacts of these resources and after that proposes an appropriate techniques to rank them.
@artical{s582016ijsea05081004,
Title = "Evaluating Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts of Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources in Iran",
Journal ="International Journal of Science and Engineering Applications (IJSEA)",
Volume = "5",
Issue ="8",
Pages ="425 - 433",
Year = "2016",
Authors ="Samaneh Falaki, Mahmood Zohoori, "}