RT Journal Article
T1 A comprehensive analysis based on GIS-AHP to minimise the social and environmental impact of the installation of large-scale photovoltaic plants in south Spain
A1 López Bravo, Celia
A1 Mora-López, Llanos
A1 Sidrach-de-Cardona-Ortin, Mariano
A1 Márquez-Ballesteros, María José
K1 nergía fotovoltaica - Generación
K1 Células solares
AB This article aims to propose a methodology to assess and prioritise the territorial factors considered whenselecting the location of large-scale photovoltaic plants. It therefore seeks to answer the current social conflictproblem regarding their installation, particularly in the rural context. The territory zoning is conducted from aholistic perspective, taking into account its social and environmental impact.Therefore, a series of analysis and restriction parameters are established and the Analytic Hierarchy Process byGeographic Information Systems is used. Those criteria are superimposed on the landscape of the JimenaDepression. Located in the south-west of Spain, it is coastal landscape countryside where energy companiescurrently exert great pressure to expedite applications for photovoltaic projects.A mapping characterization is thus produced that determines which areas should be considered excluded,along with the zones of greater or lesser environmental and social awareness. Assessing this zoning, along withthe energy demands and the location of the existing plant projects leads to a series of questions to be consideredin the planning of those municipalities. They respond to the need to conduct an overall study, and ones on landprotection, the cumulative impact regulation, and on implementing social measures to offset the changes caused.
PB Elsevier
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30926
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30926
LA eng
NO Celia López-Bravo, Llanos Mora-López, Mariano Sidrach-deCardona, María José Márquez-Ballesteros, A comprehensive analysis based on GIS-AHP to minimise the social and environmental impact of the installation of large-scale photovoltaic plants in south Spain, Renewable Energy, Volume 226, 2024, 120387, ISSN 0960-1481
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga/CBUA
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026