GIS-based site selection methodology for hybrid renewable energy systems: A case study from western Turkey

GIS-Based Planning and Modeling for Renewable Energy: Challenges and Future Research Avenues

“…Although this GIS-based approach is designed to work at large scales, it is spatially explicit in that it divides the entire area of the USA into millions of 100 m by 100 m cells and computes the suitability of each cell for new power generation sites. Significant drawbacks of approaches like [44,55] include the lack of ability to consider more dynamic spatio-temporal aspects across different spatial and temporal scales, or the lacking integrability of topological aspects of the underlying energy network as regards the balancing of extraordinary peaks in energy load shifts across spatially explicit cells.…”

“…Aydin et al introduce a methodology based on GIS, fuzzy set theory and multi-criteria decision making for finding the optimal placement of a hybrid wind-solar-photovoltaic (PV) renewable energy system, which can potentially reduce the need for energy storage [44]. Their main argument is that, depending on weather and climate conditions, one renewable energy source is complementing the other.…”

“…Especially, the identification of suitable places for wind and solar farms, pump storage hydroelectricity [44][45][46], as well as the mapping of renewable energy resources, including solar photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, biomass and hydro-electricity [11,[47][48][49][50][51], have lately been widely explored. These studies employ geospatial data on land use, elevation, buildings and infrastructure.…”

MCDA-based Decision Support System for Sustainable Management – RES Case Study

“…These systems evaluate the potential of onshore areas regarding the situation of wind farms nearby. Similarly, in [22] a GIS was presented; itallowed the evaluation of a location of hybrid power stations based on wind and solar energies. In [23], a GISbased DSS system analyzing the potential of onshore wind farm locations was discussed.…”

“…[5], [6], [15], [17], [19]- [21], [23], [24], [26] C1.2 Output power of wind turbine [8] C1.3 Power grid voltage on the site of connection [26] C2 Economic C2.1 Yearly amount of energy generated [6], [7], [25] C2.2 Investment cost [5]- [7], [16], [25] C2.3 Operational costs per year [5], [6], [16], [25] C2.4 Incomes from generated energy per year [26] C2.5 Profits from generated energy per year [5], [6], [24] C2.6 Payback period [5]- [7] C3 Social C3.1 Number of generated workplaces [5], [6], [15] C3. C4.3 Location in Natura 2000 protected area [7], [19], [22], [23] C1.2 The maximum output power of a turbine is achieved at a specific wind speed, which is critical. If the wind speed is lower, then the output power is equally lower.…”