Multicriteria Decision Approach to the Design of Floating Wind Farm Export Cables

Hugo Díaz and C. Guedes Soares ()
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Hugo Díaz: Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC), Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
C. Guedes Soares: Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC), Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 18, 1-18

Abstract: This paper addresses subsea electric cable routing using the application of decision support systems combined with the experts’ knowledge. The methodology is successfully applied to a case study on the Spanish coast. The ranking method calculates the multiple criteria weights, and the weighted product method determines the most suitable space. The environmental criteria, with a weight of 61.4%, exceed the significance of other essential criteria in the study based on experts’ considerations. These rankings are input into the model to extract the suitable spaces to deploy the underwater cable. The final result accurately highlights an optimal route in alignment with the experts’ preferences.

Keywords: cable route; floating wind farms; MCDM; offshore export cable; ranking method; weighted product method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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