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GIS-based photovoltaic solar farms site selection using ELECTRE-TRI:Evaluating the case for Torre Pacheco, Murcia, Southeast of Spain

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In this paper, the authors proposed the use of a Geographic Information System (GIS) to identify the best plots suitable for installing photovoltaic solar farms in the Municipality of Torre Pacheco, in the southeast of Spain.
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This article is published in Renewable Energy.The article was published on 2014-06-01. It has received 175 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Geographic information system & Photovoltaic system.

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Multiple criteria decision-making techniques and their applications – a review of the literature from 2000 to 2014

TL;DR: The results of this study indicated that in 2013 scholars have published articles more than in other years, and energy, environment and sustainability were ranked as the first areas that have applied MCDM techniques and approaches.
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Solar PV power plant site selection using a GIS-AHP based approach with application in Saudi Arabia

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated and selected the best location for utility-scale solar PV projects using geographical information systems (GIS) and a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) technique.
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Decision making in renewable energy investments: A review

TL;DR: A review of the current state of the art in decision support methods applied to renewable and sustainable energy throughout the literature in the field of energy planning is presented in this article, where selected papers were classified by their year of publication, decision making technique, energy type, the criteria used, geographic distribution and the application areas.
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Sustainable and Renewable Energy: An Overview of the Application of Multiple Criteria Decision Making Techniques and Approaches

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a systematic review of MCDM techniques and approaches in sustainable and renewable energy systems problems, which demonstrate a growing interest of previous scholars to apply these techniques for solving different stages of sustainable and renewables energy systems.
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A review of multi-criteria decision making applications for renewable energy site selection

TL;DR: The five site selection stages, criteria selection, data normalization, criteria weighting, alternative evaluation and result validation, are revealed by content analysis and it is found that different energy sources emphasize different criteria; however, some similarities exist.
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The outranking approach and the foundations of electre methods

TL;DR: The main features of real-world problems for which the outranking approach is appropriate and the concept of outranking relations are described and the definition of such out ranking relations is given for the main ELECTRE methods.
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Aide multicritère à la décision : méthodes et cas

TL;DR: Theorem 1.1.3.2.
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Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce Geographic Information Systems (GIS), an introduction to Geographic Information System (GeIS) and Geocarto International: Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 46-46.
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Inferring an ELECTRE TRI Model from Assignment Examples

TL;DR: An interactive approach that infers the parameters of an ELECTRE TRI model from assignment examples is proposed that lies in the possibility given to the DM to revise his/her assignment examples and/or to give additional information before the optimization phase restarts.
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Decision-making in energy planning. Application of the Electre method at regional level for the diffusion of renewable energy technology

TL;DR: The authors show an application of the multicriteria decision-making methodology used to assess an action plan for the diffusion of renewable energy technologies at regional scale, carried out for Sardinia.
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Where are solar power plants located?

The Region of Murcia has one of the highest percentages of potential solar radiation in Spain, which puts it in an excellent position to host electricity generation plants through photovoltaic solar systems, commonly known as solar farms.