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Journal of Engineering Research and Applied Science , vol.10, no.2, pp.1811-1817, 2021 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Global renewable energy power including
solar, wind, biomass, hydropower, and geothermal are increasing very fastly.
With respect to global environmental issues, Turkey’s carbon dioxide emissions
have grown along with its energy consumption. States have played a leading role
in protecting the environment by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
In this regard, renewable energy resources
appear to be the one of the most
efficient and effective solutions for sustainable energy development in Turkey.
Turkey’s geographical location has several advantages for extensive use of most
of these clean energy sources. Electricity demand of the country has
experienced great fluctuations due to the measures taken to prevent the
Covid-19 pandemic. The effect of the measures taken in this context to slow
down the economic activity was also seen in electricity demand as of the end of
the year. Turkey has been one of the countries that was least affected by the
pandemic with an increase of 0.8% in electricity demand. Structural
arrangements that we have made in recent years to encourage the use of
renewable energy sources instead of imported sources in electricity production
continued to show their results despite the developments experienced during and
as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic in the markets. In this context, the share
of renewable energy sources was 55.4% in total electricity installed power in
2020, increased to 53% in 2021. This study shows that there is enough renewable
energy potential in Turkey for electricity generation. Especially hydropower,
biomass, solar and wind are very well.