Multi-criteria decision support system for wind farm site selection using GIS

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

Volumn 13, Issue , 2016, Pages 38-50

  Noorollahi, Younes ^a   Yousefi, Hossein ^a   Mohammadi, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

GIS; Iran; Multi criteria; Site selection; Wind energy; Wind farm

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SITE SELECTION; WIND POWER;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; IRAN; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; WIND FARM;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84949255305     PISSN: 22131388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2015.11.007     Document Type: Article

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