A strategic-integrated approach for sustainable energy deployment

Recent global trends in societies modernization and lifestyle change alter a dramatic concern about global collaboration in term of climate change mitigation and sustainable development. Overcome these challenges, viable strategies are known exigence. Historically, strategy-making, policy-development, procedures-shaping, and future outlook have been a matter of interest since many decades ago. At the edge of transition in the 21st century within competitive energy production markets, optimum strategy inevitably requires at various levels from single corporate (utility) to national and international levels. However, strategy-making and sustainable energy have been studied from different perspectives, but still, there is little attention paid for a multi-dimensional strategy-development. This study tried to cover managerial, technical, economic, sustainability and efficiency dimensions, to put forward with a viable-competitive framework. The proposed framework can be a concise guideline for policymakers, energy practitioners, and researchers at this domain. In addition to the proposed framework, this study explores a systematic approach that how to initiate and deliver it to a success plan. As well as this study differs strategy from policy in term of development and application. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd.