An integrated fuzzy optimal location selection model for setting up floating solar photovoltaic plant: Implications for energy sustainability in Bangladesh
Floating Solar Photovoltaic (FSPV) plants have emerged as a promising solution, harnessing solar energy while utilizing water bodies effectively, especially for emerging economy countries with limited land resources like Bangladesh. However, selecting an optimal location for such a solar plant requi...
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| author | Md. Zahidul Anam A. B. M. Mainul Bari Dipayan Basak Md. Atik Foysal Asif Raihan Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam |
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| description | Floating Solar Photovoltaic (FSPV) plants have emerged as a promising solution, harnessing solar energy while utilizing water bodies effectively, especially for emerging economy countries with limited land resources like Bangladesh. However, selecting an optimal location for such a solar plant requires a comprehensive evaluation of multiple criteria. This research, therefore, proposes a multi-criteria decision-making framework that integrates the Fuzzy Best Wort Method (F-BWM) and Fuzzy Combined Compromise Solution (F-CoCoSo) method to determine the optimal location for establishing a floating solar photovoltaic plant in Bangladesh. Through literature review and expert validation, ten key criteria were identified for suitable site selection for FSPV. Relative weights of the identified evaluation criteria were calculated using the F-BWM method. Following that, the F-CoCoSo approach was employed to rank the eight alternative potential sites in Bangladesh based on the F-BWM weights. The F-BWM result indicates that solar irradiance, terrain elevation, and conflicts over water access are the three most significant factors in selecting the site for FSPV installation. F-CoCoSo results identified the Kaptai Lake, located in southeastern Bangladesh, and Barapukuria Coal Mine's Lake, located in northwestern Bangladesh, as the two most preferable sites for installing FSPV plants. The research findings are expected to help academicians, policymakers, energy planners, and investors by offering a nuanced understanding of the significance of various technical, environmental, and social criteria for FSPV installation projects. Additionally, it offers a robust framework for site selection that enhances the efficiency, sustainability, and feasibility of FSPV projects in Bangladesh. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1d483183904a4813807f35028dc90e402025-01-09T06:14:30ZengElsevierResults in Engineering2590-12302025-03-0125103880An integrated fuzzy optimal location selection model for setting up floating solar photovoltaic plant: Implications for energy sustainability in BangladeshMd. Zahidul Anam0A. B. M. Mainul Bari1Dipayan Basak2Md. Atik Foysal3Asif Raihan4Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam5Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, BangladeshDepartment of Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; Corresponding author.Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, BangladeshDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, 1704, BangladeshInstitute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, 4331, BangladeshDepartment of Disaster Management, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, 5404, BangladeshFloating Solar Photovoltaic (FSPV) plants have emerged as a promising solution, harnessing solar energy while utilizing water bodies effectively, especially for emerging economy countries with limited land resources like Bangladesh. However, selecting an optimal location for such a solar plant requires a comprehensive evaluation of multiple criteria. This research, therefore, proposes a multi-criteria decision-making framework that integrates the Fuzzy Best Wort Method (F-BWM) and Fuzzy Combined Compromise Solution (F-CoCoSo) method to determine the optimal location for establishing a floating solar photovoltaic plant in Bangladesh. Through literature review and expert validation, ten key criteria were identified for suitable site selection for FSPV. Relative weights of the identified evaluation criteria were calculated using the F-BWM method. Following that, the F-CoCoSo approach was employed to rank the eight alternative potential sites in Bangladesh based on the F-BWM weights. The F-BWM result indicates that solar irradiance, terrain elevation, and conflicts over water access are the three most significant factors in selecting the site for FSPV installation. F-CoCoSo results identified the Kaptai Lake, located in southeastern Bangladesh, and Barapukuria Coal Mine's Lake, located in northwestern Bangladesh, as the two most preferable sites for installing FSPV plants. The research findings are expected to help academicians, policymakers, energy planners, and investors by offering a nuanced understanding of the significance of various technical, environmental, and social criteria for FSPV installation projects. Additionally, it offers a robust framework for site selection that enhances the efficiency, sustainability, and feasibility of FSPV projects in Bangladesh.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123024021236Renewable energyFloating solar photovoltaic plant site selectionEnergy sustainabilityFuzzy BWMFuzzy CoCoSoEmerging economy |
| spellingShingle | Md. Zahidul Anam A. B. M. Mainul Bari Dipayan Basak Md. Atik Foysal Asif Raihan Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam An integrated fuzzy optimal location selection model for setting up floating solar photovoltaic plant: Implications for energy sustainability in Bangladesh Results in Engineering Renewable energy Floating solar photovoltaic plant site selection Energy sustainability Fuzzy BWM Fuzzy CoCoSo Emerging economy |
| title | An integrated fuzzy optimal location selection model for setting up floating solar photovoltaic plant: Implications for energy sustainability in Bangladesh |
| title_full | An integrated fuzzy optimal location selection model for setting up floating solar photovoltaic plant: Implications for energy sustainability in Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | An integrated fuzzy optimal location selection model for setting up floating solar photovoltaic plant: Implications for energy sustainability in Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | An integrated fuzzy optimal location selection model for setting up floating solar photovoltaic plant: Implications for energy sustainability in Bangladesh |
| title_short | An integrated fuzzy optimal location selection model for setting up floating solar photovoltaic plant: Implications for energy sustainability in Bangladesh |
| title_sort | integrated fuzzy optimal location selection model for setting up floating solar photovoltaic plant implications for energy sustainability in bangladesh |
| topic | Renewable energy Floating solar photovoltaic plant site selection Energy sustainability Fuzzy BWM Fuzzy CoCoSo Emerging economy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123024021236 |
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