PMID- 36808538
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230418
LR  - 20230418
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 17
DP  - 2023 Apr
TI  - Determining optimal solar power plant (SPP) sites by technical and environmental 
      analysis: the case of Safranbolu, Turkiye.
PG  - 50829-50846
LID - 10.1007/s11356-023-25879-9 [doi]
AB  - Solar energy is among the sustainable and renewable energy sources that has 
      become an important and inevitable part of our lives today. It is of great 
      importance to consider economic, environmental, and social factors in determining 
      the installation locations of solar power plants (SPP). In this study, we aimed 
      to determine suitable areas where SPP can be established in Safranbolu District 
      by using the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP), which is one of the 
      multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) method together with Geographic 
      Information Systems (GIS), to enable the decision-makers to express their 
      preferences in approximate or adaptable ways. The criteria addressed in the 
      technical analysis process were also determined by supporting the basic 
      principles of impact assessment systems. Within the scope of the environmental 
      analysis, the relevant national and international legal frameworks were also 
      examined and the legal constraints were identified. Thus, in the process of 
      determining the optimal areas for SPP, it has been attempted to produce 
      sustainable solutions that are expected to have minimal impact on the integrity 
      of the natural system. This study was carried on within a scientific, technical, 
      and legal framework. According to the results obtained, the Safranbolu District 
      had low, medium, and high sensitivity properties for SPP construction, and the 
      areas suitable for SPP construction provided medium and high sensitivity of 
      10.86% and 27.26% correspondence detected according to the Chang (Eur J Oper Res 
      95(3): 649-655, 1996) and Buckley (Fuzzy Set Syst 17(3): 233-247, 1985) methods, 
      respectively. There are very suitable areas for SPP installations in the central 
      and western parts of Safranbolu District, and there are also areas suitable for 
      SPP installation in the northern and southern parts of the district. Thanks to 
      this study, suitable SPP establishment areas were determined for the under 
      protection in a location in Safranbolu where clean energy is needed. It was also 
      observed that these areas do not conflict with the basic principles of impact 
      assessment systems.
CI  - (c) 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, 
      part of Springer Nature.
FAU - Arca, Deniz
AU  - Arca D
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0439-4938
AD  - Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Izmir Vocational School, Dokuz 
      Eylul University, Izmir, Turkiye.
FAU - Keskin Citiroglu, Hulya
AU  - Keskin Citiroglu H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2999-9570
AD  - Directorate of Investment Monitoring and Coordination, YIKOB, Aydin, Turkiye.
FAU - Yalcinkaya, Nermin Merve
AU  - Yalcinkaya NM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0860-1498
AD  - Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Cukurova 
      University, Adana, Turkiye. nbaykan@cu.edu.tr.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230218
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
SB  - IM
MH  - *Solar Energy
MH  - Power Plants
MH  - Geographic Information Systems
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Environmental assessment (EA)
OT  - Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP)
OT  - Fuzzy multiple criteria decision making (FMCDM)
OT  - Geographic information systems (GIS)
OT  - Solar energy
EDAT- 2023/02/23 06:00
MHDA- 2023/04/18 06:42
CRDT- 2023/02/22 12:55
PHST- 2022/11/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/02/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/04/18 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/02/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/02/22 12:55 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-023-25879-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-023-25879-9 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Apr;30(17):50829-50846. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-023-25879-9. Epub 2023 Feb 18.