WiththerapidsocialandeconomicdevelopmentoftheTibetAutonomousRegion,thesituationinregardtoenergysupplyanddemandisincreasinglytense.Meanwhile,thedevelopmentofrenewableenergyinTibethasbeengivenconsiderablepracticalsignificancebyitspeculiarecologicalenvironment.GiventhecomplementarityofrenewableenergiesinTibet,usingthemethodoffactoranalysis,wederivedfourmajorfactors:levelofeconomicdevelopment,socialdevelopment,industrialdevelopment,andenergyendowment,whichhelptoevaluatedevelopmentconditionsindifferentregionsofTibet.Treatingthesefourfactorsequally,weusedthehierarchicalclusteringmethodtodeterminetheorderofregionaldevelopment.Thusweacquireathree-stageplanningprojectforrenewableenergy.Inthefirststage,Lhasaplaysaleadingroleinpromotingthedevelopmentofrenewableenergy,particularlythatbasedonsolarandwindenergy.Therearetwophasesinthesecondstage,thefirstbeingtosimultaneouslydevelopsolarandwindenergyinXigazeandNyingchi.ThesecondistodevelopsolarandwindenergyinaccordancewiththetimeofyearinQamdo,Nagqu,andAli,with1.145billionkWhelectricitytobegenerated.ThethirdstageistodevelopenergyproductioninLhokaPrefecture,with1.369billionkWhelectricitytobegenerated.Attheendofthethree-stageproject,consumptionofavailableelectricitywillhavereached4.045billionkwh,withmajorsocialandeconomicbenefits.
