A sustainable framework for spatial planning of photovoltaic solar farms using GIS and multi-criteria assessment approach in Central Anatolia, Turkey       
Yazarlar (4)
Emre Tercan
Republic Of Turkey General Directorate Of Highways, Türkiye
Abdurrahman Eymen
Erciyes Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Tuğrul URFALI Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Burak Ömer Saraçoğlu
Orhantepe Mahallesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Land Use Policy
Dergi ISSN 0264-8377 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Dergi Grubu Q1
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2021
Cilt No 102
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 14 / 0
DOI Numarası 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105272
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105272
Özet
Convenient photovoltaic (PV) solar farms location choosing is a substantial issue in terms of renewable energy policies and spatial planning. This study is carried out to contribute to the growth, expansion, advancement, and location selection of PV farms using Geographical Information System (GIS), Analytic Hierarchy Process, Weighted Linear Combination, and Inverse Distance Weighting approaches. All maps were prepared for 17 evaluation criteria and suitability classification in GIS environment in the province of Kayseri (Turkey). Global Horizontal Irradiation was identified to be the most essential sub-criteria, followed by aspect, land use/cover, slope, distance from power network, temperature, precipitation, total snowy days, relative humidity, distance from land transportation network and others. The results show that an extensive percentage (3.70 % of the study area is highly suitable, and 40.01 % is moderately suitable) of the study area has a unique capacity for the establishment of PV farms. The results indicate that the western region of the study area is the most convenient for the installation of PV farms. In this study, the location selection decisions of existing PV farms investments were evaluated. Most of the existing PV farm's locations frequently match up with the convenient zones presented in this study. This study provides a considerable, utility, and sustainable framework for spatial planning of PV farms in order to develop regional renewable energy and environmental conservation policies and to raise the awareness of the public.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Analytic Hierarchy Process | Geographic Information System | Land suitability analysis | Renewable energy | Solar photovoltaics | Spatial planning