GIS-Supported mapping of solar power plant sites using AHP method

Renewable energy sources are energy clean sources and according to other energy sources has a much lower environmental impact Renewable energy has evolved rapidly over the past decade in Turkey. Renewable energy generation related with solar and wind energy has emerged as the most dominant participants. Site selection of solar power plants is a complex spatial decision problem for decision makers. The purpose of this study was to determine suitable site selection for solar power plant by using Geographical Information System (GIS) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) that one of the multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods in the Cumra/Konya. According to the results, 1.5% of the study area has high suitable, 26% has moderate suitable and 11% has low suitable for solar power plant sites.