A PROMETHEE based multi criteria decision making analysis for selection of optimum site location for wind energy project

Abstract

This paper presents a PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluation) method based on AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) is applied to the selection of optimum site location for Wind energy projects. Our case study tried to find out the selection of best site for the wind energy project in India. For this study authors have chosen six wind energy projects which are located across in India. Wind power, Hub height, Distance, Cost, CO2, Wind speed and Blade height are the seven criteria had taken for the selection of best location. AHP is integrated with PROMETHEE to meet the objective of this study. Firstly, the weights of each criterion are to determine using Analytical Hierarchy. These weights will be used in PROMETHEE II method to select the best project. A case study is performed to exhibit the application of the methods was conducted to evaluate six types of wind power projects. The AHP-PROMETHEE II result showed that the Muppandal wind farm, Kanyakumari is the best wind power project among the six projects.