Environmental protection site selection requirements for solar container power stations

Favorable solar sites have access to existing electrical infrastructure, southern exposure to direct sunlight, minimal shading, easy access to the physical project site, and site uses that do not interfere with the project. Assessing a potential site for a renewable electricity project involves considering the site’s technical, economic, policy, and other variables. This guide provides voluntary natural resource conservation considerations for a broad range of stakeholders interested in the development of utility-scale (1 MW or larger1) solar energy facilities on agricultural land. This work suggests how to define and classify particular criteria considered for solar PV farm siting. Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is proposed as a method to process available technical information to support decisions in many fields, especially in envi-ronmental decision making. This paper highlights the fact that solar power plants can have both positive and negative impacts on space and the environment.