Technical Assessment of Renewable Sources for Energy Use in Turkey

a b s t r a c tNigeria is faced with chronic electricity crisis that has resulted in the crippling of most sectors of the economy. It is estimated that only 40% of Nigerians are connected to the national grid and the connected population are exposed to frequent power outages. Nigeria's electricity grid is mainly powered by large hydropower and depleting hydrocarbon resources. Fossil-based electricity generation contributes not only to increase in carbon footprints, but also exposes the country to changes in price of petroleum resources and political instability from the oil producing region of the country. The country is blessed with abundant Renewable Energy (RE) resources that have not been fully exploited; these renewable resources have the potentials to change the status quo of power generation and consumption in the country. Availability of Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) in all parts of Nigeria has been demonstrated in several studies. However, there is presently no comprehensive review of RE development in Nigeria. This contribution aims to fill this gap by focusing on the current status and future prospects of RE in Nigeria as well as identifying the key challenges confronting full scale RE development in the country. We discussed the existing government policies and legislations, and proposed others that can help speed up the adoption of RE in Nigeria. We also compared RE development in Nigeria with four other sub-Sahara African countries. We hope that this paper will stimulate further research on how to address the energy crisis in Nigeria using the RESs.

Section: Renewable Energy In Turkey 21 Turkey's Renewable Energy Pomentioning

confidence: 99%

Current Status and Future Prospects of Renewable Energy Use in Turkey

Kırtay¹

2010

“…Inc, 2009). Comparing energy resources and reserves of Turkey with those of the world: coal, geothermal and hydro resources are around 1%, whereas oil and natural gas resources are at the present knowledge negligible (Yilmaz, 2006). Energy demand particularly oil and natural gas necessity is growing rapidly for social and industrial development of the country.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Assessment of Coal's Contribution to Sustainable Energy Development in Turkey

Erdem¹

2010

Turkey's energy consumption has grown and will continue to grow along with its economy. Energy demand of the country is growing by 8% annually, one of the highest rates in the world. Turkey has very limited oil, natural gas and hard coal reserves. Turkey is currently heavily dependent on imports to meet its energy demand because of limited domestic energy resources. Lignite is the country's most important domestic energy source. Turkey has approximately 10400 million tons of lignite and 1300 million tons of hard coal reserves. This paper analyzed the structure of coal consumption over the past three decades in Turkey using the information of relevant researches and the published statistical data, and also analyzed the changing trends in the energy consumption structure, to provide some reference for the development of energy in Turkey. This work has attracted considerable interest because the subject of coal energy and its effect in the daily lives of people maintains a keen interest. The paper examines entirely new areas of coal energy research, summarizes recent trends, and discusses the most important current methods used to produce coal fuels.

“…Comprehensive studies have been carried out concerning the present status, the technical potentials, the policies, and the regional distribution of energy resources in Turkey by many researchers (Demirbas and Bakıs, 2003;Balat, 2004;Balat, 2005a;2005b;2005c;2005d;2005e;Balat et al, 2005;Balat, 2006;Kaya, 2006;Kaya et al, 2008;Konak and Pamukcu, 2006;Kılıç, 2006;Kılıç and Kaya, 2007;Ozturk and Bascetincelik, 2006;Pamukcu and Konak, 2006;Yılmaz, 2006) and concluded that Turkey has extensive renewable energy resources that can be developed as a significant source of energy.…”

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confidence: 99%

Strategy Development and Determination of Barriers for Thermal Energy and Electricity Generation from Agricultural Biomass in Turkey

Başçetinçelik

Öztürk

Eki̇nci̇

et al. 2009

The present work deals with determining barriers for thermal energy and electricity generation from agricultural biomass in Turkey. Strategy development and determination of barriers were investigated in accordance with the work program requirements for the project entitled ''Exploitation of Agricultural Waste in Turkey'' under the European Life Third Countries Program. The study has been organized and presented according to the following three phases: (i) market barriers for electricity and thermal energy generation (ii) identification of barriers to the promotion of agricultural waste exploitation in Turkey, and (iii) conclusions for strategy development.