The evaluation of solar farm locations applying Geographic Information System and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making methods: Case study in southern Morocco

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 1354-1362

  Tahri, Meryem ^a   Hakdaoui, Mustapha ^a   Maanan, Mohamed ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES BEN M SIK   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Geographic information system; Multi criteria decision making; Optimization of locations; Renewable energy; Southern Morocco

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; LAND USE; LOCATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CASE-STUDIES; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS; MULTICRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; MULTICRITERION DECISION MAKINGS; OPTIMISATIONS; OPTIMIZATION OF LOCATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOUTHERN MOROCCO;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84938320946     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.054     Document Type: Review

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