A GIS-based spatial multi-criteria analysis (SMCA) for wind farm site selection in Cornwall.
Author
Coveney, Edward John
Term
4. semester
Publication year
2017
Submitted on
2017-06-09
Pages
83
Abstract
Vindenergi har den største installerede kapacitet og producerer flest GWh blandt vedvarende kilder i Storbritannien, og branchen er fortsat i vækst. Denne afhandling præsenterer en metode til at udpege egnede placeringer for vindmøller i Cornwall baseret på en rumlig multikriterieanalyse. Arbejdet er implementeret i ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 9.3.1, et geografisk informationssystem (GIS), og består af fire trin: (1) frasortering af uegnede arealer, (2) analyse af ressourcer og omkostninger, (3) udvælgelse af kandidatsites med en synlighedsanalyse (hvor synlige møller vil være i landskabet), og (4) udvikling af en webapplikation, der gør resultaterne tilgængelige online. Vurderingen fungerer som et indledende screeningsværktøj til valg af placeringer og skal støtte planlægning for vindudviklere og andre interessenter.
Wind energy has the highest installed capacity and generates the most GWh of any renewable source in the UK, and the industry continues to grow. This thesis presents a method for selecting wind turbine sites in Cornwall using a spatial multi-criteria analysis. The workflow is implemented in ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 9.3.1, a geographic information system (GIS), and has four stages: (1) excluding unsuitable land, (2) resource and cost analysis, (3) selecting candidate sites with a visibility analysis (how visible turbines would be in the landscape), and (4) developing a web application that provides online access to the results. The assessment serves as a preliminary screening tool for site selection and is intended to support planning by wind developers and other interested parties.
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