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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