Renewable Energy Economics, Policies and Planning
Spatial Study for Determining the Optimum Scenario for Generating Solar Electricity by Predicting the Land-Use Changes: Case of Alborz Province, Iran

Ali Khatibi; Mohammad Hossein Jahangir; Fatemeh Razi Astaraiea

Volume 8, Issue 2 , April 2021, , Pages 81-90

https://doi.org/10.30501/jree.2021.238031.1125

Abstract
  Land-use change is one of the most important spatial phenomena that can affect the usage of energy technologies. In this study, land-use change in barren and residential areas in Alborz province in Iran was modeled using the cellular automata combined with the Markov Chain from 2001 to 2031. Due to adaptability ...  Read More