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Over the last years of the era of the modern Egyptian state, we have witnessed a remarkable devel... more Over the last years of the era of the modern Egyptian state, we have witnessed a remarkable development in all sectors. To be able to continue this development, it was necessary to pay attention to the energy sector and its development, by dispensing with the main dependence on fossil fuels and finding new sources of energy that are less harmful to the environment, less costly and more abundant. The interest of the Egyptian state, represented by the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, appeared in the search for various renewable energy sources such as wind energy, solar energy, and others. Our role as researchers is to assist the state in making decisions about determining the optimal sites for the establishment of renewable energy plants of various kinds, based on the criteria for each of these types of stations. This is indeed what has been worked on in several previous studies and research in recent years. In this research, we have reviewed the most important researches related to choosing the best renewable energy sites (wind energy as a model) in Egypt and other countries. The results were reviewed, and comparisons were made between the different study areas and the methodology of each research to clarify the effectiveness of geographic information systems in completing the decision-making process to determine the best sites for energy harvesting, and accordingly choosing the best sites for constructing wind power plants. Note that the researches reviewed here is based on MCDA by AHP method using GIS.
Due to the main dependence on fossil fuels in the production of electricity and in light of the g... more Due to the main dependence on fossil fuels in the production of electricity and in light of the global development in all sectors, which in turn means the need for more energy, it was necessary to use clean and sustainable alternatives to obtain electricity through renewable energy, and this is what the world is currently moving towards, especially The Arab Republic of Egypt, which is the case study of this research. Several previous studies have identified the optimal sites to harvest wind energy and other renewable energies in some regions of Egypt or at the level of the entire Republic. The latest studies concerned with determining the preferred wind energy harvesting sites in Egypt was in 2018, and during the recent years, the development of roads and electricity networks took place in Egypt, which are considered among the most important criteria for spatial suitability of renewable energy plants, which in turn necessitated a re-preparation of the suitability map for harvesting wind energy. This study updated the databases entered into GIS to obtain the modified optimal sites of wind energy sources in Egypt to keep pace with the development in road and electricity networks. Several spatial databases have been created and an integrated GIS system has been developed. Eight different criteria have been selected then weighted using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP). The results showed that the Egyptian region have about 85697.37 km 2 suitable for wind energy harvesting, while about 916142.63 km2 are unsuitable areas, representing about 8.55% and 91.45% from its total area respectively. It was also assured that reliance in Egypt on wind energy only as a clean and renewable alternative to fossil fuels is not enough, but rather complements the reliance on other alternatives such as solar energy, biomass energy and others. A suitability map was obtained and the optimal sites for harvesting wind energy were determined, which in turn will help decision-makers for new investments in wind energy, which were evident that they are concentrated on the Red Sea coast.
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
Over the last years of the era of the modern Egyptian state, we have witnessed a remarkable devel... more Over the last years of the era of the modern Egyptian state, we have witnessed a remarkable development in all sectors. To be able to continue this development, it was necessary to pay attention to the energy sector and its development, by dispensing with the main dependence on fossil fuels and finding new sources of energy that are less harmful to the environment, less costly and more abundant. The interest of the Egyptian state, represented by the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, appeared in the search for various renewable energy sources such as wind energy, solar energy, and others. Our role as researchers is to assist the state in making decisions about determining the optimal sites for the establishment of renewable energy plants of various kinds, based on the criteria for each of these types of stations. This is indeed what has been worked on in several previous studies and research in recent years. In this research, we have reviewed the most important researches related to choosing the best renewable energy sites (wind energy as a model) in Egypt and other countries. The results were reviewed, and comparisons were made between the different study areas and the methodology of each research to clarify the effectiveness of geographic information systems in completing the decision-making process to determine the best sites for energy harvesting, and accordingly choosing the best sites for constructing wind power plants. Note that the researches reviewed here is based on MCDA by AHP method using GIS.
Due to the main dependence on fossil fuels in the production of electricity and in light of the g... more Due to the main dependence on fossil fuels in the production of electricity and in light of the global development in all sectors, which in turn means the need for more energy, it was necessary to use clean and sustainable alternatives to obtain electricity through renewable energy, and this is what the world is currently moving towards, especially The Arab Republic of Egypt, which is the case study of this research. Several previous studies have identified the optimal sites to harvest wind energy and other renewable energies in some regions of Egypt or at the level of the entire Republic. The latest studies concerned with determining the preferred wind energy harvesting sites in Egypt was in 2018, and during the recent years, the development of roads and electricity networks took place in Egypt, which are considered among the most important criteria for spatial suitability of renewable energy plants, which in turn necessitated a re-preparation of the suitability map for harvesting wind energy. This study updated the databases entered into GIS to obtain the modified optimal sites of wind energy sources in Egypt to keep pace with the development in road and electricity networks. Several spatial databases have been created and an integrated GIS system has been developed. Eight different criteria have been selected then weighted using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP). The results showed that the Egyptian region have about 85697.37 km 2 suitable for wind energy harvesting, while about 916142.63 km2 are unsuitable areas, representing about 8.55% and 91.45% from its total area respectively. It was also assured that reliance in Egypt on wind energy only as a clean and renewable alternative to fossil fuels is not enough, but rather complements the reliance on other alternatives such as solar energy, biomass energy and others. A suitability map was obtained and the optimal sites for harvesting wind energy were determined, which in turn will help decision-makers for new investments in wind energy, which were evident that they are concentrated on the Red Sea coast.
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