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dc.contributor.authorGeorgiou, Andreas G.-
dc.contributor.authorSkarlatos, Dimitrios-
dc.contributor.otherΓεωργίου, Ανδρέας Γ.-
dc.contributor.otherΣκαρλάτος, Δημήτριος-
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-17T12:31:22Z-
dc.date.available2017-01-17T12:31:22Z-
dc.date.issued2016-07-26-
dc.identifier.citationGeoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 2016, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 321-332en_US
dc.identifier.issn21930856-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/9090-
dc.description.abstractAmong the renewable power sources, solar power is rapidly becoming popular because it is inexhaustible, clean, and dependable. It has also become more efficient since the power conversion efficiency of photovoltaic solar cells has increased. Following these trends, solar power will become more affordable in years to come and considerable investments are to be expected. Despite the size of solar plants, the sitting procedure is a crucial factor for their efficiency and financial viability. Many aspects influence such a decision: legal, environmental, technical, and financial to name a few. This paper describes a general integrated framework to evaluate land suitability for the optimal placement of photovoltaic solar power plants, which is based on a combination of a geographic information system (GIS), remote sensing techniques, and multi-criteria decision-making methods. An application of the proposed framework for the Limassol district in Cyprus is further illustrated. The combination of a GIS and multi-criteria methods produces an excellent analysis tool that creates an extensive database of spatial and non-spatial data, which will be used to simplify problems as well as solve and promote the use of multiple criteria. A set of environmental, economic, social, and technical constrains, based on recent Cypriot legislation, European's Union policies, and expert advice, identifies the potential sites for solar park installation. The pairwise comparison method in the context of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is applied to estimate the criteria weights in order to establish their relative importance in site evaluation. In addition, four different methods to combine information layers and check their sensitivity were used. The first considered all the criteria as being equally important and assigned them equal weight, whereas the others grouped the criteria and graded them according to their objective perceived importance. The overall suitability of the study region for sitting solar parks is appraised through the summation rule. Strict application of the framework depicts 3.0 % of the study region scoring a best-suitability index for solar resource exploitation, hence minimizing the risk in a potential investment. However, using different weighting schemes for criteria, suitable areas may reach up to 83 % of the study region. The suggested methodological framework applied can be easily utilized by potential investors and renewable energy developers, through a front end web-based application with proper GUI for personalized weighting schemes.en_US
dc.formatpdfen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofGeoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systemsen_US
dc.rights© Copernicusen_US
dc.subjectSolar parken_US
dc.subjectPhotovoltaicen_US
dc.subjectGeographical information systemsen_US
dc.titleOptimal site selection for sitting a solar park using multi-criteria decision analysis and geographical information systemsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.collaborationCyprus University of Technologyen_US
dc.subject.categoryCivil Engineeringen_US
dc.journalsOpen Accessen_US
dc.countryCyprusen_US
dc.subject.fieldEngineering and Technologyen_US
dc.publicationPeer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5194/gi-5-321-2016en_US
dc.relation.issue2en_US
dc.relation.volume5en_US
cut.common.academicyear2015-2016en_US
dc.identifier.spage321en_US
dc.identifier.epage332en_US
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item.openairecristypehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501-
item.languageiso639-1en-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Civil Engineering and Geomatics-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Civil Engineering and Geomatics-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Engineering and Technology-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Engineering and Technology-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0002-2732-4780-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Engineering and Technology-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Engineering and Technology-
crisitem.journal.journalissn2193-0864-
crisitem.journal.publisherCopernicus-
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