PMID- 38413519 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240408 LR - 20240417 IS - 1614-7499 (Electronic) IS - 0944-1344 (Linking) VI - 31 IP - 15 DP - 2024 Mar TI - Geographic information system-based multi-criteria decision-making analysis for investment assessment of wind-photovoltaic-shared energy storage power stations: a case study of Shanxi Province. PG - 22604-22629 LID - 10.1007/s11356-024-32123-5 [doi] AB - As the center of the development of power industry, wind-photovoltaic (PV)-shared energy storage project is the key tool for achieving energy transformation. This research seeks to construct a feasible model for investment appraisal of wind-PV-shared energy storage power stations by combining geographic information system (GIS) and multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method. Firstly, a comprehensive criteria system is established from the perspectives of orography, economy, resources, climate, and society, and the evaluation data is described using probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs). Then, to avoid the weight deviation produced by the single weighting approach, a comprehensive weighting model including the best-worst method (BWM) and entropy weight method is provided to calculate the weights of criteria. Next, expert weights are calculated based on trust analysis. Finally, alternatives are ranked by the improved gained and lost dominance score (GLDS) method. To verify the validity of the model, an empirical investigation is carried out in Shanxi Province. The results show that the economy is the primary factor influencing the investment decision. Among all the projects approved by the government, alternative F(4) located in Yanzhuang Town, Yuanping City is the best investment object. Furthermore, to illustrate the stability of the result, triple sensitivity analysis and comparative analysis are conducted in Shanxi Province. This study expands the application scope of GIS and MCDM method by first providing support for government and investors to identify optimal investment targets. CI - (c) 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. FAU - Wang, Yaping AU - Wang Y AD - School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China. FAU - Gao, Jianwei AU - Gao J AD - School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China. gaojianwei111@sina.com. FAU - Wei, Lingli AU - Wei L AD - School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China. FAU - Wu, Haoyu AU - Wu H AD - School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China. FAU - Zhao, Shutong AU - Zhao S AD - School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240227 PL - Germany TA - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int JT - Environmental science and pollution research international JID - 9441769 SB - IM MH - Cities MH - Climate MH - *Geographic Information Systems MH - Investments MH - *Wind MH - Humans OTO - NOTNLM OT - GIS OT - Investment assessment OT - MCDM OT - The improved GLDS method OT - Wind-PV-shared energy storage power stations EDAT- 2024/02/28 00:43 MHDA- 2024/04/08 06:43 CRDT- 2024/02/27 23:19 PHST- 2023/05/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/01/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/04/08 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/02/28 00:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/02/27 23:19 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11356-024-32123-5 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11356-024-32123-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Mar;31(15):22604-22629. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-32123-5. Epub 2024 Feb 27.