Sustainable Energy Production’s Spatial Determination Framework, Based on Multi Criteria Decision Making and Geographic Information System Under Neutrosophic Environment: A Case Study in Egypt

Abstract

The development of wind energy projects (WEP) have been encouraged, since the last
decade. Therefore, WEP grows exponentially, which makes wind energy the trend of energy
production for many countries. The success of wind energy project relies on the choice of the
appropriate site for wind power plant, often decided by the application of Multi Criteria Decision
Making (MCDM). The MCDM methodologies for location selection have a range of shortcomings:
(1) the incomplete use of knowledge, (2) the lack of evidence in the decision-making process; and
(3) the problem of ignoring the interaction between parameters. This paper presents a new
framework for the location selection of wind power stations, based on the incorporating of
geographic information system (GIS) and analytical network process (ANP) through neutrosophic
environment to cover MCDM's shortcoming. First, an assessment model is built for wind farm site
selection. Then, in the specialist committee decision, the bipolar neutrosophic set is used to express
missing knowledge. In addition, we take the relationship problem into account by collecting the
opinions of experts. Finally, the GIS is used to determine the wind farm potential zones. The
suggested framework for the identification of wind farm sites is validated by the use of a case study
from Egypt.