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A Multicriteria Approach to Identifying and Developing Renewable Energy Zones in Tajikistan

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Renewable energy zones approach is an international best practice for the development of renewable energy projects. A multicriteria and multiphase methodology is described for identifying and developing solar and wind zones. Important criteria like resource density, distance to transmission network, distance to logistics network, elevation, slope, and non-overlap with protected areas, agricultural lands and water bodies were analyzed in a GIS model. The methodology combined the criteria into a levelized cost of energy financial model for the purposes of ranking the zones. The methodology was successfully applied to the Sughd province of Tajikistan under the USAID’s Power Central Asia Activity, which resulted in the identification of top ranked solar and wind zones.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to the members of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan R. Bakhromzod and A.R. Mukumov for their assistance in the preparation of this article.

This document is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Power Central Asia Activity, implemented by Tetra Tech, Inc. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of Innovative Wind Energy, Inc. and the Association of Renewable Energy Technology as Tetra Tech, Inc. subcontractors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

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  1. Innovative Wind Energy, Inc., 32256, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

    J. Akash, J. Akanksha & J. Pramod

  2. OJSC “Systemavtomatika”, 734025, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

    M. Kudusov

  3. Association of Renewable Energy of Tajikistan, 734025, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

    U. Madvaliev

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Akash, J., Kudusov, M., Akanksha, J. et al. A Multicriteria Approach to Identifying and Developing Renewable Energy Zones in Tajikistan. Appl. Sol. Energy 59, 176–188 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0003701X23600595

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