Modeling Site Suitability For Wind Farm Using Remote Sensing And Gis The Case Of Adama Woreda

Adama Woreda has good wind resource potential for grid based wind farm establishment.rnBut, selecting sites for wind farm in the study area is a complex process involving not onlyrntechnical but also physical, economical, social and environmental considerations. This studyrnfocuses on mapping wind farm suitability in Adama Woreda. The major data used wererntopographic map (1:50,000), Landsat image (2005), and GIS data layers such as roads,rntowns, transmission line, geology, land use and slope. The factors were developed in the GISrnand Remote Sensing environment then weighted and overlaid by the principle of pairwiserncomparison. Once the wind farm suitability map has been completed, sites were evaluatedrnwith respect to the factors. The finding of this study shows that there is sufficient area forrnwind farm establishment in Adama Woreda with the most suitable sites located in thernsoutheastern, northeastern and southern parts. 85% of the most suitable sites are laid onrnagricultural land which is relatively compatible with wind farm. 38.5 and 21.24 % of mostrnsuitable area are laid on recent aphyric basalts and ash flow tuffs respectively which are mostrnsuitable and moderately suitable areas from engineering point of view.

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