Energy situation and renewables in Turkey and environmental effects of energy use

Akpınar, Adem; Kömürcü, Murat İhsan; Kankal, Murat; Özölçer, İsmail Hakkı; Kaygusuz, Kami̇l

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2007.04.011

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“…In addition, retail licensees are obliged to purchase all renewable energy output but only when the price offered by the renewable energy supplier is at or below the public wholesale price of electricity and when an alternative supply of renewable electricity is not available at a lower price. Such a policy limits the extent of the subsidies to the renewable production to the costs of providing backup capacity for what is, often, an intermittent supply of electricity [78][79][80].…”

Section: Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Renewable Energy Sources for Sustainable Development in Turkey

Çomaklı

Kaya²,

Şahin

2008

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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Energy is an essential factor in overall efforts to achieve sustainable development. Countries striving to this end are seeking to reassess their energy systems with a view toward planning energy programs and strategies in line with sustainable development goals and objectives. Turkey's demand for energy and electricity is increasing rapidly. Since 1990, energy consumption has increased at an annual average rate of 4.3%. Turkey is heavily dependent on expensive imported energy resources that place a big burden on the economy and air pollution is becoming a great environmental concern in the country. As would be expected, the rapid expansion of energy production and consumption has brought with it a wide range of environmental issues at the local, regional and global levels. With respect to global environmental issues, Turkey's carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions have grown along with its energy consumption. States have played a leading role in protecting the environment by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). In this regard, renewable energy resources appear to be the one of the most efficient and effective solutions for clean and sustainable energy development in Turkey. Turkey's geographical location has several advantages for extensive use of most of these renewable energy sources. This article presents a review of the potential and utilization of the renewable energy sources in Turkey.

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Section: Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Renewable Energy Sources for Sustainable Development in Turkey

Çomaklı

Kaya²,

Şahin

2008

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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“…The movement of air in the form of wind carries kinetic energy and a wind turbine converts this kinetic energy into electricity [12]. 1 to 2% of the energy that reaches the earth from the sun is transformed to wind energy and considering its potential, global wind energy capacity will increase from an annual 8 billion Euros to 80 billion Euros by 2020.…”

Section: Wind Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Deniz¹,

Öncel²

2016

J Bioengineer & Biomedical Sci

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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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“…However, on the feasibility of projects involving biomass, one must consider the availability of these resources at regional and local levels, in addition to identification and The term biomass refers to all organic material from plant species that capture and store solar energy, producing photosynthesis. Biomass energy, or bioenergy, is the conversion of biomass into useful forms of energy such as heat, electricity and liquid fuels (Akpinar et al, 2008).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In India, 70% of energy consumption for cooking food comes from this biomass, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India -MNRE (2009) and Abbasi and Abbasi (2010). In rural areas of Turkey, firewood is the fifth largest energy source, and its fuel consumption average amounts to 0.75 m 3 man -1 year -1 (Akpinar et al, 2008). According to the same author, there is a shortage of this input for domestic use as a result of indiscriminate deforestation, slow forest regeneration in the country and increasing population pressure.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of the gross and net calorific value of residues of wood pine and araucaria from reforestation

Schmatz¹,

Siqueira²,

Nogueira³

et al. 2016

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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The objective of this study was to assess the energy value of waste timber in the form of sawdust. Two types of wood: Araucaria (Araucaria angustifolia) and Pinus were evaluated with no defined species (Pinus sp). The sawdust was collected from a timber that receives wood from reforestation of these species in Southwestern Paraná, Brazil. The material collected was evaluated with a calorimeter bomb to determine the gross and net calorific value. The main results obtained led to the conclusion that the sawdust of A. angustifolia showed gross calorific value of 17.32 MJ.

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Energy situation and renewables in Turkey and environmental effects of energy use

Cited by 59 publications

References 27 publications

Renewable Energy Sources for Sustainable Development in Turkey

Renewable Energy Sources for Sustainable Development in Turkey

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

Evaluation of the gross and net calorific value of residues of wood pine and araucaria from reforestation

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