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66 CHAPTER 2 Solar PV Power Plants Site Selection: A Review

Table 2.2 Associated Criteria for Selected Solar Photovoltaic Site
Suitability Studies
Criteria Subcriteria References
Environmental Land use and cover [5,8,11,12,17,18,25,27,28,32,35,
36,37,39,41,42,44,46,49,54]
Agrological capacity [14,19,25,29,69]
Carbon emission savings [9,20,16,23,27]
Location Distance to urban areas [4e6,8,14,11,12,16,17,19,
22,27,29,35,36,46,57,69]
Distance to main roads [4,5,6,8,11e17,19,29,33e37,
39,41,42,69]
Distance to power lines and [4e6,9,12e19,22,27e29,33e35,
substations 37,40e42,45e47,69,82]
Distance to historical areas [6]
Distance to rivers [33]
Future capacity expansion [25]
Population density [25,34,35,40,82]
Distance to wildlife [6,16,18]
designations
Economic Land cost [18,25,37,82]
Initial investment [18,23,25,28,32,47]
Total revenue [23]
Maintenance cost [18,20,23,25,27,28,47]
Transmission Losses [20,23,24]
Generated energy [24,30,32]
Traffic convenience degree [20,27]
Energy saving [20,27]
Financial incentives [26]
Electricity demand [20,27,28,46,48]
Present value and levelized [9,28,32,40]
cost of energy
Payback period [9,28]
Construction cost [9,16,18,20,25,27,82]
Climatic Solar irradiation [4,6e20,22e41,45e57,69,82]
Average temperature [7,8,10e14,16,18,19,23,25,26,
29,31,39,49,52,56,57,69]
Relative humidity [10,12,17,39,52,56]
Insolation clearness index [12,52]
Average annual dusty days [12,39]
Orography Slope [4,5,8,10e19,22,29,33,34,36,
37,39,42,44,54,49,55,57,69]
Orientation [4,8,10,14,17,19,69,34,39,49,54]
Elevation [12,17,18,23,34,39,41]
Plot area [14,19,29,36,69]