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This study, using statistical data published by the Turkish Electricity Transmission Company, analyzes key parameters such as installed capacity and energy demand growth rates, investment plans and emission rates, taking into consideration the expected increase in use through the year 2023. The results of the analyses were compared to relevant data from around the world. The weight of domestic - and especially renewable - resources in investment plans for the next 10 years was discussed. Recommendations for an investment plan to support sustainable development in Turkey are listed. Consequently, the lack of investment in domestic and renewable energy projects decreases the competitive power of Turkey vis-?-vis Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development countries in terms of many parameters. For a sustainable development, the country must make significant changes in its foreign-dependent energy production policies. Any future policies must encourage supplying local resources to meet the continuously increasing demand. Qualifications for incentive mechanisms applied to investments in renewable energy should be developed. The impact of the private sector on the installation of new plants must also be increased by quickly completing the privatization process.

Energy demand of a country should be particularly supplied by indigenous energy sources; otherwise, the country would become an energy importing country and dependent on energy-rich countries. In order to benefit from the current renewable energy resources efficiently, many engineers who are specialized on energy management (economic, planning, organization and optimization) are strongly required to be educated with the support of today's advance technology. In this context, various engineering disciplines associated with the concept of energy have been established in many universities around the world as well as in Turkey. In this study, Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER) software which is very useful for modeling renewable and conventional technologies in various energy management applications and also easy to use, is introduced in detail and presented to today's and future's energy engineers. In order to better understand how the HOMER is efficiently applied, a real-time application for Marmara University Technical Education Faculty which was discussed and is presented in detail.

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In this study, an open source network based three axis motion control system has been designed and implemented to be used within motion control courses at engineering and technical branches for applicational studies. This system has been developed by using open source code and suitable physical structure for engineering studies. This experimental set has been evaluated by 107 students in related courses which are electrical machines and servo systems. Students have conducted various experiments by using single, two and three axes respectively. These students have been subjected to a Learner Satisfaction Survey which focuses on cognitive, affective and psychomotor extend of experimental studies in the laboratory with the designed motion control system. It has been observed from the results of this survey that learnercentered approach with the experimental set contribute in learning process positively.