The Suitability Map Determination for Solar Power Plants: A Case Study

Abstract

Today, the solar energy is one of the renewable energy sources (RES) which is the most important

and inevitable part of our lives. Every day the number of the solar power plants (SPP) is growing exponentially. The

determination of the most suitable place in terms of environmentally, economically and socially for these plants is

very important. In some cases, even ignoring one important criteria can create important damages.

The aim of this study is proposing the criteria determined as missing in the literature and the criteria affects the

installation of the solar power plants, finding the importance weighting values of these criteria and determination

of the suitability map for solar power plants with the help of the geographical data related to the criteria. The fuzzy

analytical hierarch process is used in weighting of the criteria, the Geographical information systems are also used

in data processing. For this purpose 14 main criteria and 70 sub-criteria are determined according to the opinion of

experts related to the topic, surveys and studies in literature. At the end of the study, the suitability map showing the

most suitable, suitable and disallowed regions are obtained. This study will be helpful to the researchers with a wide

range criteria that will result more accurate, environmental, economic and social solar power plant siting studies.

Keywords

• Solar power plant siting,Renewable energy sources,Fuzzy analytical hierarch process method,Geographical information systems,Suitability map

Güneş Enerji Santralleri İçin Uygunluk Haritasının Elde Edilmesi: Bir Uygulama

Abstract

Günümüzde güneş enerjisi, hayatımızın en önemli ve kaçınılmaz bir parçası haline gelen yenilenebilir

enerji kaynaklarından (YEK) biridir. Her geçen gün dünya üzerindeki güneş enerji santrali (GES) sayısı katlanarak

artmaktadır. Uygulama sayısı artan bu santrallerin çevresel, ekonomik ve sosyal açıdan en uygun yer tayinlerinin

yapılması oldukça büyük önem arz etmektedir. Bazı durumlarda santral kurulum yerini etkileyen bir önemli kriterin

bile göz ardı edilmesi oldukça büyük zararlara neden olabilmektedir.

Bu çalışmanın amacı, literatürdeki çalışmalarda eksikliği tespit edilen ve GES kurulumunu etkileyen kriterlerin

önerilmesi, GES kurulumunu etkileyen tüm kriterlerin birbirlerine göre önem derecelendirme değerlerinin

bulunması ve kriterlere ait örnek bir çalışma alanında coğrafi veriler yardımıyla GES için uygunluk haritasının elde

edilmesidir. Kriterlerin ağırlık değerlerinin bulunmasında Bulanık Analitik Hiyerarşi Yöntemi (FAHP), verilerin

işlenmesinde de coğrafi bilgi sistemleri kullanılmıştır. Bu amaçla 14 ana kriter ve bu kriterlere ait 70 alt kriter

konuyla ilgili uzman görüşleri, anketler ve literatürdeki çalışmalardan yararlanılarak belirlenmiştir. Çalışmanın

sonunda, çalışma alanında GES’ler için en uygun, uygun ve izin verilmeyen yerlerin gösterildiği uygunluk haritası

elde edilmiştir. Bu çalışma, GES’lerin yer tespitinde daha doğru, çevresel, ekonomik ve sosyal GES santrali

kurulumunu netice veren geniş yelpazedeki kriterlerle araştırmacılara faydalı olacaktır.

Keywords

• Güneş enerjisi santrali yer tayini,Yenilenebilir enerji kaynağı,Bulanık analitik hiyerarşi yöntemi,Coğrafi bilgi sistemleri,Uygunluk haritası,Uygunluk haritası

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