The role of coal in energy production—Consumption and sustainable development of Turkey

Yılmaz, Ali Osman; Uslu, T.

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2006.02.008

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“…After the year 2000, a sharp increase in share of imported natural gas in electricity production, lowered the use of domestic lignite and hard coal. Although imported natural gas was responsible for 0.17% of electricity production in 1985, this rate abruptly increased in the following years and reached 50% in 2008 (Yılmaz et al, 2005;Yılmaz 2009). …”

Section: Energy Outlook Of Turkeymentioning

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“…Turkey depends on foreign countries in energy fields, especially in terms of oil and natural gas. 72% of the country's energy consumption is met by imports and the share of imports is expected to increase in the following years (Yılmaz and Arıo_lu 2003;Yılmaz and Uslu, 2006;Yılmaz 2006). (Data from, SIS, 2003SIS, , 2004TPAO, 2006;Yılmaz 2009).…”

Section: Energy Outlook Of Turkeymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Coal is also commonly used in electrical power plants and household. Because of the inevitable decline in world reserves of oil and rising demand for energy, coal is a major alternative along with nuclear power to meet these needs (Uslu, 2002;Yılmaz and Uslu, 2006). Turkish economy has been growing sharply since 1983.…”

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A Comparative Study on the Energy Demand of Turkey: Coal or Natural Gas

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2013

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Energy demand which has increased rapidly is estimated to increase also in the future. Coal and natural gas would continue to have primary role in electricity generation and industry. Turkey's energy consumption has been growing faster than its production. Natural gas is the greatest source in the energy consumption with a share of 32%. Lignite coal is major domestic energy source of Turkey and its reserves are 12.4 billion tons. Since most of the lignite reserves are low in quality, they are used mostly in electricity generation. On the other hand, Turkey has very limited natural gas reserves. Aim of this article is to evaluate the energy demand of Turkey based on hard coal, lignite and natural gas. As a result of the study it was determined that 70% of the primary energy consumption is met by imported energy sources. This figure shows that Turkey's dependency on foreign energy will continue to increase in following years in parallel with its economic growth. Turkey should increase the use of domestic sources, since foreign dependence of country can be minimized.

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Section: Energy Outlook Of Turkeymentioning

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A Comparative Study on the Energy Demand of Turkey: Coal or Natural Gas

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Yılmaz

2013

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“…After the year 2000, an increase in share of natural gas, both installed capacity and in electricity production, lowered the use of lignite. In 2009, the share of installed capacity by resources was 1%, 19%, 35%, 4%, 26% and 11% for hard coal, lignite, renewable, crude oil, natural gas and other, respectively (Yılmaz et al, 2005;Yılmaz, 2004Yılmaz, ,2011Yılmaz 2008;Yılmaz and Aydıner, 2009;Yılmaz and Uslu, 2006 In Figure 12, distribution of electricity production of Turkey by energy resources is given in a long historical order for 1940 and 2009 term. As seen in the Figure, coal (especially hard coal) had a share of 80% in electricity production in 1940.…”

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“…1). (Yılmaz, et al, 2005;Yılmaz, 2003;Yılmaz and Arıoğlu 2003;Yılmaz and Uslu, 2007;Yılmaz 2006;Yılmaz 2009;Yılmaz 2011;Arıoğlu 1994;Arıoğlu 1996). Distribution of total electricity generation by energy resources during the period 1940-2009 is shown in Fig 2. As seen in the figure, renewable, oil-natural gas and coal accounted for 8%, 6%, 86 of electricity production in 1940.…”

Section: Energy Outlook Of Turkeymentioning

confidence: 99%