Abstract
Limitation of fossil energy reserves in the world and increasing level of energy consumption, have always challenged human to replace new energy sources. Meanwhile, wind power as one of the new aspects of energy is of a special place. Due to the topography of the Sistan and Baluchistan province and its relative position, it is one of the best places to build wind farms. The aim of this study was to determine suitable locations for the construction of wind farms in the province. The following criteria were considered for various standards and due to the importance of data integration, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method was selected and implemented to weight the layer through Expert choice software. ArcGIS was used for layers spatial analysis and overlapping. After data analysis, the studied region, in terms of the susceptibility to build wind farms, was divided into four levels: excellent, good, fair, weak. Results indicated that GIS as a supportive and decision making system is helpful preparing data and modeling priorities and experts comments regarding various factors and help designers selecting a suitable place to build wind farms. In this study, we determined three priorities for the construction of wind farms, taking into account the limited overlap and conformity of limitations map and locating, the area of prioritized region, climate and the field observations; the priority order is excellent, good, average, including Zabol, central regions in Zabol and Chabahar.
Highlights
The world is fast becoming a global village due to the increasing daily requirement of energy by all population across the world while the earth in its form cannot change
The study came to the conclusion that potential of wind energy is very high in Iran, and if this energy is used in correct way can significantly impact the economy, and reduces environmental pollution from emissions such as carbon dioxide generated
An excellent area for the construction of wind farms in the north area of the study is located in Zabol station with an area of 72.0789842 hectares
Summary
The world is fast becoming a global village due to the increasing daily requirement of energy by all population across the world while the earth in its form cannot change. The consumption of fossil energy production sources has its own costs of material and environmental problems. The use of nuclear energy regardless of the environmental consequences such as nuclear waste, is expensive and requires advanced technology. This made human beings always seek new energy sources to replace these two sources of energy; the wind energy is affordable and available, and its use does not create pollution. The study came to the conclusion that potential of wind energy is very high in Iran, and if this energy is used in correct way can significantly impact the economy (reducing the cost of electricity...), and reduces environmental pollution from emissions such as carbon dioxide generated
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