Development of a best-worst method based MCDM approach for solar power plant location selection: an application to Tunceli, Turkey


Aykac Y. E., Yucesan M., GÜL M.

International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making, cilt.9, sa.4, ss.322-350, 2023 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1504/ijmcdm.2023.134927
  • Dergi Adı: International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.322-350
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: best-worst method, BWM, multi-criteria decision-making, power plant location, solar energy, Tunceli, Turkey
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Solar energy stands out with its increasing potential in the world. The decision to choose the location of a solar power plant is very important due to the investment return. In this study, a solar power plant site selection for Tunceli, Turkey is studied with a two-stage multi-criteria decision-making approach. In the first stage, the importance levels of the determined nine factors are obtained by the best-worst method (BWM). In the second stage, the most appropriate site is selected among the eight districts of Tunceli. As a result of the first stage, solar and fault line emerged as the most and least important factor, respectively. The second stage showed that Pertek district is the most suitable place. A comparative framework has been created including five different MCDM methods, which strengthens the final decision's accuracy and reveals whether each method's results are correlated.