Assessment of small hydropower (SHP) development in Turkey: Laws, regulations and EU policy perspective

Küçükali, Serhat; Barış, Kemal

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2009.06.023

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“…By this law, government also guarantees to buy the excess electricity. It can be expected that this law also will give rise to an increase in installation of mini and micro-hydropower plants in coming years [9].…”

Section: Evaluation Of Turkish Hydropower Policymentioning

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“…In preparation for the envisaged open market, the public generation and transmission company, TEAS, has been divided into three companies: EUAS, to manage the generation capacity that remains in public domain; TEIAS, to handle transmission; and TETAS, to carry out electricity wholesale trade until this function is taken over entirely by the market. [9]. Different definitions create a conflict between Turkey and EU.…”

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confidence: 99%

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An analysis of Turkish hydropower policy

Erdoğdu

2011

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Over the last decade, Turkish electricity demand has increased more than 8% per annum as a result of economic development. Being one of the renewable energy sources par excellence, non-exhaustible, non-polluting and economically more attractive than other renewable sources, hydropower has turned out to be an important contributor to the future energy mix of the country. This paper deals with hydropower policies to meet increasing electricity demand for sustainable energy development in Turkey. Turkey has a total gross hydropower potential there will still be a huge hydro potential in Turkey. Besides, Turkey is a poor country in terms of fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, coal and so on) and has no nuclear power plant in operation, which strengthens the role of hydro energy among other alternatives.

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Section: Evaluation Of Turkish Hydropower Policymentioning

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An analysis of Turkish hydropower policy

Erdoğdu

2011

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…These low costs are very attractive for domestic and foreign entrepreneurs. While the investment costs vary between 1000-6000 Euro/kW, and the operating costs vary between 1.8-14.5 cent kW/h, investment costs are approximately 300-1000 Euro/kW and operating cost is 1 cent kW/h in Turkey (Kucukali and Baris, 2009).…”

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The Effects of Small Scale Hydroelectric Power Plants Located in the Eastern Black Sea Basin in Turkey

Aras

2012

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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Although the geopolitical position of Turkey has a great importance, Turkey is not able to benefit from its natural resources adequately and so the foreign dependency of energy is rising explosively. For this reason, an attempt is being made to increase energy production by constructing small scale hydroelectric power plants in Turkey. The Eastern Black Sea Basin is an important basin located in the northeast part of Turkey, with a high surface water potential. The unused water potential of this region, where there is a great amount of precipitation, was brought into use with the enactment of a law 2001. Under this law, the construction of numerous small scale plants was begun. In this study, the status of small scale plants, of which construction has started or is already completed as well as those in the project phase, were examined on a province by province basis for 2011, and the economical contribution of these plants to regional and national economy and the ecological effects were analyzed.

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“…However in the country, ecologically sensitive sites should be preserved like the example of Norway. [12] and for Turkey; [11]). …”

Section: Assessment Of Renewable Energy Policies In Turkey In Eu Polimentioning

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Renewable Energy Policy in Turkey

Küçükali

Barış

2011

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings

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This study aims to explore the availability and potential of renewable energy sources in Turkey and discuss the government policies and economic aspects. Turkey is a country which has the highest hydropower and wind energy potential among European countries. Current energy policy of Turkey primarily aims to maximize geothermal, wind and hydropower potential of the country in next 15 years. In Several incentives were developed for electricity generation from renewable energy sources by the publication of Law No. 5346 in 2005. The most important ones are: ease of land acquisition and feed-in-tariffs which promises purchasing of electricity generated by legal entities with a price of 5-5.5 €c/kWh. Since Turkey is a European Union (EU) candidate its laws and regulations must be compatible with EU. As the legislation in EU member states is investigated it is apparent that Law No. 5346 should be restructured. This should include: (i) redetermination of feed-in-tariff amount according to type and capacity of renewable energy source, (ii) taking installed capacity into account instead of reservoir area for hydroelectric power plants as renewable energy source, (iii) making detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report obligatory for renewable energy plants. The emphasis has been given on hydropower and wind energy. The renewable energy policy of Turkey has been compared with the advanced economies in Europe like Germany and Norway

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Assessment of small hydropower (SHP) development in Turkey: Laws, regulations and EU policy perspective

Cited by 76 publications

References 6 publications

An analysis of Turkish hydropower policy

An analysis of Turkish hydropower policy

The Effects of Small Scale Hydroelectric Power Plants Located in the Eastern Black Sea Basin in Turkey

Renewable Energy Policy in Turkey

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