Journal of sustainable Energy Systems

Journal of sustainable Energy Systems

Providing a comprehensive framework for site selection of hybrid wind-PV farms (case study: South Khorasan province)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Mohammadreza Khalili Tari 1
Younes Noorollahi 2
1 Master of Science, Department of Sustainable Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Energy Engineering and Sustainable Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 Professor, Department of Sustainable Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Energy Engineering and Sustainable Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
10.22059/ses.2024.369625.1046
Abstract
Environmental pollution, climate change, and lack of fossil fuel resources are among the factors that have caused countries to move towards renewable sources. Among renewable sources, the share of wind and solar energy in electricity production has grown a lot in recent years. Due to the uncertain and unpredictable nature of these sources, using them individually to meet load demand has low reliability. By combining wind and solar resources and forming a hybrid renewable energy system (HRES), the reliability of the system will increase. Also, some costs can be saved. The first and most important step in developing renewable farms is to find suitable and optimal places to build these farms. This study aims to provide a comprehensive framework for site selection of hybrid wind-PV farms in South Khorasan province. A multi-criteria decision-making approach and geographic information system were combined to achieve this goal. This study used the fuzzy membership functions and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to standardize and weight evaluation criteria. The results of this research showed that 0.02 percent (36.54 square kilometers) of the area of the province has a very good potential for the development of hybrid wind-PV farms.
Keywords
Site selection
Hybrid renewable energy systems
wind-PV farms
Multi-criteria decision-making
Geographic information system
Subjects

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Journal of sustainable Energy Systems
Volume 2, Issue 3
Summer 2023
Pages 237-255