Zoning and locating solar power station using AHP and GIS in Yazd province
Subject Areas : Renewable Energy
zohreh
momenzadeh
1
(MSc of combating desertification, Department of Nature Engineering ,Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ardakan University, Iran)
saeideh
kalantari
2
(Assistant Professor, Department of Nature Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Ardakan University, P.O. Box 184, Ardakan, Iran. * (Corresponding Author))
Mahdi
Tazeh
3
(Assistant Professor, Department of Nature Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Ardakan University, P.O. Box 184, Ardakan, Iran.)
roholah
taghizadeh
4
(Department of Nature Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Ardakan University, P.O. Box 184, Ardakan, Iran.)
Keywords: AHP method, Climate Parameters, Zoning, Solar Energy,
Abstract :
Background and Objective: The completion of fossil fuels has led humans to go to the renewable and accessible energy and thus can reduce environmental problems caused by fossil fuels. Solar energy can also be considered as one of the options for solving the problem of electricity supply to distant areas.Method: In this research, climatic sub-criteria including relative humidity, annual precipitation, sunny hours, daytime and dust were collected from Rabat-e-posht-e-Badam, Meybod, Yazd, Mehriz, Abarkuh, Bafgh, Herat and Marvast stations. The ARC GIS software use for layer digitization and AHP method use in order to weigh the sub-criteria and apply all the weights in each layers, also, the prone areas to deploying a Findings: the result showed that annual sunny hours are the most important parameter of energy received from the sun, the best places for utilizing solar energy are Rabat –e-Posht-e-badam, Mehriz, Meybod and Marvost in the first priority and then Yazd in the second priority, Abarkouh and Herat were identified as the third priority.Discussion and conclusion: After providing a map of susceptible sites, it was determined that 13.63 percent of the area of the province was in the most desirable range. 23.06 percent in the optimal range, 36.78 percent in the medium range, 26.53 percent in the unfavorable area for the establishment of the solar power plant.
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