Automatic Agrivoltaic Site Selection: a User-Friendly Interface powered by AHP Multicriteria Decision-Making
Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This paper presents an efficient approach to automatic agrivoltaic site selection, integrating a user-friendly interface with the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for multicriteria decision-making and advanced geospatial analysis. The goal is to empower users, including non-experts, with a practical tool for informed decision-making. Users provide raster and vector data from the region of interest and assign importance weights to layers. The software supports a wide range of spatial data, from solar exposure and slope to restricted areas, and allows for dynamic configuration of additional relevant layers. Layers can also include constraints, such as safety distances from structures. The tool optimizes site selection using efficient spatial searches with low computational complexity, while intermediate results are rendered in a graphic application. By evaluating criteria like solar exposure and topography, the application offers a systematic approach to site selection. Preliminary tests show promising results, and the final version is expected to deliver a valuable tool for sustainable agrivoltaic project planning.
Source: EU PVSEC
Authors: de Sousa Cardoso, Andressa, López Ruiz, Alfonso, Ramos Galán, María Isabel, Jurado, Juan Manuel, Feito Higueruela , Francisco Ramón
Language: English
Subfield: Environmental Engineering
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6967082945
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