Research Article
Risk Assessment of Low-Speed Wind Power Projects Based on an Aggregated Cloud Method: A Case in China
Table 6
Critical risk factors and their weights by ANP.
| Criterion | Risk factor | CRG | Weight |
| Technical risk | wind turbine selection risk (0.22091) | 5.19 | 0.081240 | design/construction deficiencies (0.08711) | 4.74 | 0.32036 | technology progressiveness (0.22230) | 4.74 | 0.081750 | technology maturity (0.23866) | 5.04 | 0.087767 | site selection risk (0.23101) | 4.51 | 0.084952 | Environmental and social risk | wind resource condition (0.43257) | 5.41 | 0.096276 | topographic condition (0.34099) | 4.77 | 0.075894 | electricity consumption demand (0.22645) | 4.78 | 0.050400 | Operating and political risk | lack of commercialization operation mechanism (0.08372) | 4.29 | 0.015840 | construction period (0.34998) | 4.60 | 0.066216 | change of supporting laws (0.05906) | 4.80 | 0.011175 | delay in project approvals and permits (0.08119) | 4.28 | 0.015361 | operation & maintenance risk (0.42605) | 4.42 | 0.080610 | Economic risk | construction cost risk (0.18655) | 4.71 | 0.041132 | feed-in tariff risk (0.33065) | 4.79 | 0.072902 | insolvency risk (0.25099) | 4.61 | 0.055340 | profitability risk (0.23180) | 4.66 | 0.051109 |
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