A GIS-based Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis approach for wind power plant site selection

Utilities Policy

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-96

  Atici, Kazim Baris ^a   Simsek, Ahmet Bahadir ^a   Ulucan, Aydin ^a   Tosun, Mustafa Umur ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Geographic Information System; Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; GIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SITE SELECTION; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84949538292     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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