GIS-Based Site Suitability Analysis for Wind and Solar Photovoltaics Energy Plants in Central North Region, Namibia

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dc.contributor.advisorSmit, Julian
dc.contributor.authorKamati, Klaudia
dc.contributor.supervisorOrti, Miguel
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-05T14:33:19Z
dc.date.available2023-07-05T14:33:19Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.date.updated2023-07-05T14:32:25Z
dc.description.abstractIncreasing urbanisation and population growth are making it difficult for governments to achieve sustainable development. Provision of clean energy is among the seventeen sustainable development goals, as it reduces reliance on fossil fuels. In recent years, Namibia has rapidly increased her reliance on sustainable energy. The renewable energy sources (RESs), including wind and solar energy, can be described as clean sources which have lesser negative environmental impact compared to conventional energy sources. Amongst the pressing challenges today is finding solutions on efficient solar and wind energy production. It is imperative to work out the optimum location of RESs before installing them. This can significantly improve performance and establishes the foundation for studying both solar and wind power in a site selection problem. This study aims to determine potential locations for wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) energy plants installation using one of the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), and a geographic information system (GIS) within the Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (CENORED) supply area. Combining GIS with MCDM results in a powerful technique for selecting potential sites, since GIS provides effective analysis, manipulation, and visualization of geospatial data, whereas MCDM provides consistent weighing of criteria. In the evaluations of the location: topographical, environmental, climatic and regulations constraints were considered as factors that may facilitate or hinder the deployment of solarwind energy power plants. For solar PV energy plant, the highest potential areas are in the north-west, south-west and study area's southern regions, whereas for the wind power plant, only the northwest part is a highly suitable location for wind energy plants installation. These findings can be used to determine most favourable location of interest for solar PV and wind power plant development or to support the integration of electrical grid expansion and off-grid electrification strategies.
dc.identifier.apacitationKamati, K. (2023). <i>GIS-Based Site Suitability Analysis for Wind and Solar Photovoltaics Energy Plants in Central North Region, Namibia</i>. (). ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38026en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKamati, Klaudia. <i>"GIS-Based Site Suitability Analysis for Wind and Solar Photovoltaics Energy Plants in Central North Region, Namibia."</i> ., ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38026en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKamati, K. 2023. GIS-Based Site Suitability Analysis for Wind and Solar Photovoltaics Energy Plants in Central North Region, Namibia. . ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38026en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Kamati, Klaudia AB - Increasing urbanisation and population growth are making it difficult for governments to achieve sustainable development. Provision of clean energy is among the seventeen sustainable development goals, as it reduces reliance on fossil fuels. In recent years, Namibia has rapidly increased her reliance on sustainable energy. The renewable energy sources (RESs), including wind and solar energy, can be described as clean sources which have lesser negative environmental impact compared to conventional energy sources. Amongst the pressing challenges today is finding solutions on efficient solar and wind energy production. It is imperative to work out the optimum location of RESs before installing them. This can significantly improve performance and establishes the foundation for studying both solar and wind power in a site selection problem. This study aims to determine potential locations for wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) energy plants installation using one of the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), and a geographic information system (GIS) within the Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (CENORED) supply area. Combining GIS with MCDM results in a powerful technique for selecting potential sites, since GIS provides effective analysis, manipulation, and visualization of geospatial data, whereas MCDM provides consistent weighing of criteria. In the evaluations of the location: topographical, environmental, climatic and regulations constraints were considered as factors that may facilitate or hinder the deployment of solarwind energy power plants. For solar PV energy plant, the highest potential areas are in the north-west, south-west and study area's southern regions, whereas for the wind power plant, only the northwest part is a highly suitable location for wind energy plants installation. These findings can be used to determine most favourable location of interest for solar PV and wind power plant development or to support the integration of electrical grid expansion and off-grid electrification strategies. DA - 2023_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Engineering LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2023 T1 - GIS-Based Site Suitability Analysis for Wind and Solar Photovoltaics Energy Plants in Central North Region, Namibia TI - GIS-Based Site Suitability Analysis for Wind and Solar Photovoltaics Energy Plants in Central North Region, Namibia UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38026 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/38026
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKamati K. GIS-Based Site Suitability Analysis for Wind and Solar Photovoltaics Energy Plants in Central North Region, Namibia. []. ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2023 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38026en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.subjectEngineering
dc.titleGIS-Based Site Suitability Analysis for Wind and Solar Photovoltaics Energy Plants in Central North Region, Namibia
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMSc
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