Analysis to determine the most suitable location for a photovoltaic solar plant using coppe-cosenza method: Case Study Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
International Journal of Development Research
Analysis to determine the most suitable location for a photovoltaic solar plant using coppe-cosenza method: Case Study Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
Received 18th January, 2021; Received in revised form 28th February, 2021; Accepted 19th March, 2021; Published online 28th April, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Marco Pereira de Souza et al., This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Photovoltaic solar energy has becoming a viable and non-polluting alternative for generating electricity. In the light of this fact, this study aims to find the most suitable locations for a photovoltaic solar plant in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, considering criteria ranging from environmental, technical to economic ones. The fuzzy logic using the COPPE-COSENZA model was used to guide the generation of the criteria that were applied in the GIS (Geographic Information System).The review of articles using was used to determine selected criteria. The availability of each of the criteria combined with their relative importance generated a map of the most suitable regions for the location of the photovoltaic solar plant. The results show that the state of Rio de Janeiro has a great potential for photovoltaic solar energy generation, especially in the north coast, near the city of Campos dos Goytacazes.
