PMID- 38413527 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240408 LR - 20240411 IS - 1614-7499 (Electronic) IS - 0944-1344 (Print) IS - 0944-1344 (Linking) VI - 31 IP - 15 DP - 2024 Mar TI - Convenient Site Selection of a Floating PV Power Plant in Turkiye by using GIS-Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process. PG - 23193-23210 LID - 10.1007/s11356-024-32470-3 [doi] AB - Floating photovoltaics (FPVs) are appearing as a promising and an alternative renewable energy opinion in which PV panels are mounted on floating platforms in order to produce electricity from renewable energy on water such as seas, dams, rivers, oceans, canals, fish farms, and reservoirs. So far, such studies related to the body knowledge on financial, technical, and environmental aspects of installation of FPV have not been performed in Turkey while expanding steadily in other countries. In this study, suitable site selection for installation of FPV power plants on three lakes in Turkey was studied by performing geographic information system (GIS) and the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) as multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method. This detailed study revealed that the criterion of global horizontal irradiance (GHI) was determined as the most crucial criterion for the installation of FPV on Beysehir Lake, Lake of Tuz, and Van Lake. Additionally, it was clearly seen that the Beysehir Lake had the highest value approximately 52% among other lakes for installation, that is why Beysehir Lake is selected as the best option for installation of an FPV system with this multi-criteria approach. CI - (c) 2024. The Author(s). FAU - Karipoglu, Fatih AU - Karipoglu F AD - Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkiye. FAU - Koca, Kemal AU - Koca K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2464-6466 AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Abdullah Gul University, 38080, Kayseri, Turkiye. kemal.koca@agu.edu.tr. AD - KOCA Research Group, Abdullah Gul University, 38080, Kayseri, Turkiye. kemal.koca@agu.edu.tr. FAU - Ilbahar, Esra AU - Ilbahar E AD - Department of Industrial Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkiye. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240228 PL - Germany TA - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int JT - Environmental science and pollution research international JID - 9441769 SB - IM MH - *Geographic Information Systems MH - *Analytic Hierarchy Process MH - Turkey MH - Renewable Energy MH - Power Plants PMC - PMC10997541 OTO - NOTNLM OT - FAHP OT - Floating PV systems OT - GIS OT - Turkey COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2024/02/28 00:43 MHDA- 2024/04/08 06:42 PMCR- 2024/02/28 CRDT- 2024/02/27 23:19 PHST- 2023/01/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/02/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/04/08 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2024/02/28 00:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/02/27 23:19 [entrez] PHST- 2024/02/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s11356-024-32470-3 [pii] AID - 32470 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11356-024-32470-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Mar;31(15):23193-23210. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-32470-3. Epub 2024 Feb 28.