Optimal Site Selection for a Solar Power Plant in the Central Anatolian Region of Turkey

Table 1

Rating scale of AHP method.

Intensity of importance	Definition	Explanation
1	Equal importance	Two factors contribute equally to the objective.
3	More important	Experience and judgement slightly favour one over the other.
5	Much more important	Experience and judgement strongly favour one over the other.
7	Very much more important	Experience and judgement very strongly favour one over the other.
9	Absolutely more important	The evidence favouring one over the other is of the highest possible validity.
2, 4, 6, 8	Intermediate values	When compromise is needed.