Siting solar-fed wireless electric vehicle charging infrastructure using MCDM-AHP frameworks

Abstract

One important component of sustainable urban mobility is the placement strategy of electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure. Through non-conventional energy, this paper presents a techno-managerial approach for the installation of hybrid wireless EV charging stations. This research uses analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to rank three generic approaches: market places, highway transit regions, and educational university zones. Four selection criteria: solar potential, land geometry, traffic throughput, and grid proximity are used to mitigate the problem of “urban canyons” due to shading and scarcity of land. Mathematical validation proves the validity of the proposed method using a consistency ratio (CR) of 0.005. It is evident from the findings that the highway transit region is the most reliable location for hybrid solar-wireless EV charging stations with a global priority of 0.533. The selection criteria such as energy generation potential and linear road have been found more important than high demand density in other approaches.