Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods for the evaluation of solar farms locations: Case study in south-eastern Spain

Juan M. Sánchez-Lozano, Jerónimo Teruel-Solano, Pedro L. Soto-Elvira and M. Socorro García-Cascales

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013, vol. 24, issue C, 544-556

Abstract: This paper is based on the combination of a Geographic Information System (GIS) and tools or multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods in order to obtain the evaluation of the optimal placement of photovoltaic solar power plants in the area of Cartagena (Region of Murcia), in southeast Spain.

Keywords: Optimization locations; Photovoltaic plants; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM); Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS); Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.03.019

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