Selecting marine renewable energy plant location

As a consequence of the kinetic energy changes of nature’s building components, such as wind, solar, hydrogen, and water, nations have begun to embrace renewable energy sources to meet their rising energy needs. This perspective has also boosted innovation, creativity, research and development, and practicality. With the expansion of research into renewable energy generation, solutions that limit environmental damage are being further explored. This chapter discusses the difficulty of selecting a location for the marine energy production plant. Thus, a comprehensive hybrid approach was introduced to evaluate and rank several candidate locations for a marine renewable energy plant. The hybrid approach includes two multicriteria decision-making methods, the fuzzy multiobjective optimization method by ratio analysis method and the fuzzy preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation II method. The hybrid methodology is conducted in a fuzzy environment. In this regard, triangular fuzzy numbers are used to complete study procedures and assessments.