A Fuzy-ANP extent analysis to assess and select location for wind power plant

Abstract

This paper presents an approach to select an appropriate location for wind power plant. Three main criteria: wind potential, transportation, and cost are considered. The purpose of this study is to present a comprehensive pairwise comparison of criteria and subcriteria for selecting the best wind power plant location. A multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology-Fuzzy-Analytical Network Process (F-ANP) has been utilized to solve the problem. In fact, an analytical network structure of the criteria and subcriteria is developed according to their dependences on each other and triangular fuzzy numbers are employed for pairwise comparison among them. The extent analysis of fuzzy pairwise comparison is done to get the weight vectors. Finally from the limiting global supermatrix of weights the priorities of the locations are found. A real life numerical example is demonstrated to illustrate the methodology.