Availibility of renewable energy sources in Turkey: Current situation, potential, government policies and the EU perspective

Barış, Kemal; Küçükali, Serhat

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2011.12.002

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“…photovoltaic, thermoelectricity and thermal). Annual thermal energy production via solar energy from solar collectors was doubled from 1998 to 2007 [10]. Utilization of flatplate solar collectors were increased as domestic water heating [17].…”

Section: Solar Energymentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Turkey has substantial potential for geothermal energy production, hold one-eighth of the global geothermal potential [17] with an approximate 31.500 MW of geothermal energy, hence the country is located along the Alpine-Himalayan belt [10]. This amount of energy is mostly generated in the Western Anatolia with 77.9% share of all regions.…”

Section: Geothermal Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Turkey's largest hydropower plants were constructed on the Euphrates River, namely: Ataturk (2400 MW), Karakaya (1800 MW) and Keban (1330 MW). Moreover, the Black Sea region, has a considerable hydropower potential with various flow rates of rivers [10]. Sectoral studies have showed that small-scale hydropower (less than 20 MW) is underdeveloped in Turkey [11].…”

Section: Hydropowermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The installed potential presently being used in residential and thermal installation heating is 76.78%, while an installed potential of 23.22% is being used for greenhouse heating of total capacity. Moreover, the total direct use of geothermal energy in Turkey is 1229 MWt with the installed capacity of 402 MWt is being used for thermal tourism purpose [10]. The planned amount of electricity production from geothermal energy and direct use by the end of 2013 which was prepared by Turkey's Prime Ministry in the name of the Ninth Development Plan (2007-2013) is shown in (Table 4) [10,23].…”

Section: Geothermal Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, the total direct use of geothermal energy in Turkey is 1229 MWt with the installed capacity of 402 MWt is being used for thermal tourism purpose [10]. The planned amount of electricity production from geothermal energy and direct use by the end of 2013 which was prepared by Turkey's Prime Ministry in the name of the Ninth Development Plan (2007-2013) is shown in (Table 4) [10,23]. As As a source of biomass energy production, several agricultural wastes are accessible in Turkey [30].…”

Section: Geothermal Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Renewable Energy Scenarios as a Key for Sustainable Rural Area Applications in Turkey

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Öncel²

2016

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In order to reduce dependency on petroleum fuels, Turkey, a country located in Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia, in search of new energy sources like the other countries. Modern energy services can be considered as renewable energy technologies (RETs) which are sustainable and abundant in the country. However considering the total cost of RET production, renewable energy sources can be used not to replace the fossil fuels, but to supply energy requirement in rural areas, in order to decrease the imported energy resources that place a big burden on the economy. In this study, the renewable energy resources in Turkey were comparatively expressed, regards to the potential and current use. This paper was aimed to provide an overview of worldwide examples and projects for the use of renewable energy technologies that can also be applied in Turkey, which has a proportion of rural population, to increase the access to modern energy services in rural areas in the country. For these purposes, the rural and nationwide renewable energy productions were compared and the limitations and prospects were also discussed.

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Section: Solar Energymentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Geothermal Energymentioning

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Section: Hydropowermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Geothermal Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Geothermal Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessment of Green Energy Alternatives Using Fuzzy ANP

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Kahraman

2013

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A Cumulative Belief Degree Approach for Prioritization of Energy Sources: Case of Turkey

Kabak

Çınar

Hoge

2013

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Energy planning is difficult to model owing to its complex structure, with numerous decision makers, criteria, and scenarios. Fortunately, decisionmaking methods can be helpful for the sustainable development of energy, by the evaluation of different energy sources with regard to multiple aspects, for example, economic, environmental, political etc. In this study, a methodology based on a cumulative belief degree approach is proposed for the prioritization of energy sources. The approach enables the use of all types of evaluations, without the loss of any information. It also allows for incomplete expert evaluations which may occur in the energy sources prioritization problem. Turkey, like many countries, generates most of energy from fossil fuels, which are imported mostly from other countries. However, the enormous increase in oil prices, and an emerging energy demand, owing to economic growth and environmental issues, is forcing Turkey to improve its sustainable energy planning. Therefore, the proposed methodology is applied to the energy sources prioritization of Turkey. Results show that solar power and wind should be considered as the priori sources of energy in Turkey.

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Availibility of renewable energy sources in Turkey: Current situation, potential, government policies and the EU perspective

Cited by 108 publications

References 17 publications

Renewable Energy Scenarios as a Key for Sustainable Rural Area Applications in Turkey

Renewable Energy Scenarios as a Key for Sustainable Rural Area Applications in Turkey

Assessment of Green Energy Alternatives Using Fuzzy ANP

A Cumulative Belief Degree Approach for Prioritization of Energy Sources: Case of Turkey

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