Abstract
This study presents a quantitative methodology for offshore wind power plant site selection in Northwest Turkey using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Analytical Hierarchy Process, which is one of the Multi-Criteria Decision Making methods. A comprehensive literature review is conducted to identify more than 17 site selection criteria and required GIS data were collected accordingly. Site selection criteria are classified as decision and exclusion criteria. Decision criteria along with their suitable limits and exclusion criteria are evaluated in GIS resulting in five alternative suitable sites. Alternative site pairwise comparison matrices are formed in terms of each decision criterion. In the meantime, a hierarchy of decision criteria is formed, and a questionnaire comparing the relative importance of decision criteria is conducted on national and international experts. Electricity grid connection, offshore average wind speed at 100 m height and environmental concerns are found to be the most important decision criteria. Relative importance of decision criteria and alternative site comparisons are combined in two different analyses, namely “scenario analysis” and “consensus analysis”. Out of the five alternative sites, Bozcaada is concluded to be the most suitable site, and the second-best alternative is Kıyıköy.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 111178 |
| Journal | Ocean Engineering |
| Volume | 252 |
| ISSN | 0029-8018 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 May 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by Danida Fellowship Centre, Denmark and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark [grant no: 19-M03-AAU ], project title “Offshore Wind Farms Large-Scale Integration in Turkey – WindFlag”. The authors would like to thank to WindFlag project partners: Mevlüt Akdeniz and Ümit Çetinkaya from Turkish Transmission System Operator (TSO) authority (TEİAS), Kamil Çağatay Bayındır from Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University, Adnan Tan from Çukurova University, Ozan Keysan from Middle East Technical University, Juan C. Vasquez, Sanjay Chaudhary, Gibran Tinajero and Najmeh Bazmohammadi from Aalborg University, Majbrit Høyer from WorldPower Consulting along with Dennis Holte Skov-Albertsen from Danish Energy Agency (DEA) for their constructive comments, contributions and sharing their industry experience.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by Danida Fellowship Centre, Denmark and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark [grant no: 19-M03-AAU], project title ?Offshore Wind Farms Large-Scale Integration in Turkey ? WindFlag?. The authors would like to thank to WindFlag project partners: Mevl?t Akdeniz and ?mit ?etinkaya from Turkish Transmission System Operator (TSO) authority (TE?AS), Kamil ?a?atay Bay?nd?r from Ankara Yildirim Beyaz?t University, Adnan Tan from ?ukurova University, Ozan Keysan from Middle East Technical University, Juan C. Vasquez, Sanjay Chaudhary, Gibran Tinajero and Najmeh Bazmohammadi from Aalborg University, Majbrit H?yer from WorldPower Consulting along with Dennis Holte Skov-Albertsen from Danish Energy Agency (DEA) for their constructive comments, contributions and sharing their industry experience. The questionnaire conducted in this study has been approved by Middle East Technical University Human Subject Ethics Committee on April 15, 2021 (protocol no: 153-ODTU-2021). Informed consent has been obtained from all participants.
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Keywords
- Analytical hierarchy process
- Geographical information systems
- Multi-criteria decision making
- Offshore wind energy
- Site selection