Siting guidelines for concentrating solar power plants in the Sahel: Case study of Burkina Faso

Azoumah, Y.; Ramde, Emmanuel Wendsongré; Tapsoba, Gildas; Thiam, Souleyemane

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2010.05.019

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“…(1) Construction cost (C11) [17,50,53,54,[70][71][72][73][74][75]: The construction cost, which includes land acquisition cost, any demolition and site preparation costs, facility cost as well as the project investment cost, varies greatly amongst the different regions of China, giving rise to the different degree of appropriateness for the site selection. (2) Operation and maintenance cost (C12) [17,50,[71][72][73][74][75]: It includes all kinds of expenses and amortization of daily operation and maintenance.…”

Section: Economic Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(1) Distance from the substation (C21) [50,54,70,[75][76][77][78][79]: In the power market this is an important parameter for it is related to power supply reliability, degree of power loss and project cost. The ideal location of the charging station is as close as possible to the substation.…”

Section: Engineering Feasibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The ideal location of the charging station is as close as possible to the substation. (2) Influence on the power system (C22) [53,70,[75][76][77]: As an important component of medium and low-voltage distribution systems, the charging station could inevitably have an adverse impact on the power stability. As a result, the charging station should be located an area away from the heavy load lines to ensure the secure operation of the distribution network.…”

Section: Engineering Feasibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a result, the charging station should be located an area away from the heavy load lines to ensure the secure operation of the distribution network. (3) Availability of resources (C23) [54,70,71,73,75,77,78,80]: A site which has good availability of construction water and power should be given priority for the purpose of allowing a fast construction schedule.…”

Section: Engineering Feasibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(1) Topography (C61) [34,50,53,70,71,76,77,84]. This has great effect on the safety and stability of the construction.…”

Section: Geographical Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Optimal Site Selection of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Based on a Cloud Model and the PROMETHEE Method

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Abstract:The task of site selection for electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) is hugely important from the perspective of harmonious and sustainable development. However, flaws and inadequacies in the currently used multi-criteria decision making methods could result in inaccurate and irrational decision results. First of all, the uncertainty of the information cannot be described integrally in the evaluation of the EVCS site selection. Secondly, rigorous consideration of the mutual influence between the various criteria is lacking, which is mainly evidenced in two aspects: one is ignoring the correlation, and the other is the unconscionable measurements. Last but not least, the ranking method adopted in previous studies is not very appropriate for evaluating the EVCS site selection problem. As a result of the above analysis, a Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluations (PROMETHEE) method-based decision system combined with the cloud model is proposed in this paper for EVCS site selection. Firstly, the use of the PROMETHEE method can bolster the confidence and visibility for decision makers. Secondly, the cloud model is recommended to describe the fuzziness and randomness of linguistic terms integrally and accurately. Finally, the Analytical Network Process (ANP) method is adopted to measure the correlation of the indicators with a greatly simplified calculation of the parameters and the steps required.

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