Assessment of Potential Area for Solar Energy Investment in Northeastern Thailand by Entropy-TOPSIS Method

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dc.contributor.authorPhonphoon, Phichata
dc.contributor.authorKiatcharoenpol, Tossapol
dc.contributor.authorKlongboonjit, Sakon
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-06T10:43:08Z
dc.date.available2026-08-06T10:43:08Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-01
dc.description.abstractAgriculture is one of the important engines of Thailand's food industrial growth however the cost of fossil energy is quite high for Thai farmers. Since Thailand has great solar potential, especially northeastern region, renewable energy sources of sunlight in this region should be considered to be another energy source for Thai agriculture. To assess and classify the potential of the investment in agricultural solar power systems of 20 provinces in Thailand's northeastern region, this study applied the combining method of Entropy Weight Method and TOPSIS with secondary data of solar irradiance, farmer household density, and income of farmer households. With this combining method, the results showed that farmer household density and income of farmer household were more influence on assessing and classifying the potential of this investment than solar irradiance. Finally, all 20 provinces were classified into four groups of Group A (A<inf>12</inf>, A<inf>2</inf>, A<inf>4</inf>, A<inf>1</inf>, and A<inf>10</inf>), Group B (A<inf>8</inf>, A<inf>9</inf>, A<inf>19</inf>, A<inf>3</inf>, and A<inf>15</inf>)), Group C (A<inf>17</inf>, A<inf>13</inf>, A<inf>18</inf> A<inf>16</inf>, and A<inf>20</inf>) and Group D (A<inf>6</inf>, A<inf>11</inf>, A<inf>7</inf>, A<inf>14</inf>, and A<inf>5</inf>) from the most potential province group for investment in agriculture solar power system to the least potential province group for investment in agriculture solar power system.
dc.identifier.citationIcbir 2024 2024 9th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research Proceedings, 345-350, 2024
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/ICBIR61386.2024.10875917
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-86000006889
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.kmitl.ac.th/handle/123456789/14844
dc.sourceIcbir 2024 2024 9th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research Proceedings
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectassessment
dc.subjectentropy weight method
dc.subjectsolar power
dc.subjectTOPSIS
dc.titleAssessment of Potential Area for Solar Energy Investment in Northeastern Thailand by Entropy-TOPSIS Method
dc.typeConference Paper

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