Promotion of new wind farms based on a decision support system

  1. Ramírez-Rosado, I.J. 1
  2. García-Garrido, E. 1
  3. Fernández-Jiménez, L.A. 1
  4. Zorzano-Santamaría, P.J. 1
  5. Monteiro, C. 2
  6. Miranda, V. 2
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  2. 2 Universidade Do Porto
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    Universidade Do Porto

    Oporto, Portugal

    ROR https://ror.org/043pwc612

Revista:
Renewable Energy

ISSN: 0960-1481

Año de publicación: 2008

Volumen: 33

Número: 4

Páginas: 558-566

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/J.RENENE.2007.03.028 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-38049045606 WoS: WOS:000252997100003 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Renewable Energy

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Resumen

The integration in electric power networks of new renewable energy facilities is the final result of a complex planning process. One of the important objectives of this process is the selection of suitable geographical locations where such facilities can be built. This selection procedure can be a difficult task because of the initially opposing positions of the different agents involved in this procedure, such as, for example, investors, utilities, governmental agencies or social groups. The conflicting interest of the agents can delay or block the construction of new facilities. This paper presents a new decision support system, based on Geographic Information Systems, designed to overcome the problems posed by the agents and thus achieve a consensual selection of locations and overcome the problems deriving from their preliminary differing preferences. This paper presents the description of the decision support system, as well as the results obtained for two groups of agents useful for the selection of locations for the construction of new wind farms in La Rioja (Spain). © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.