SOLAR ENERGY POTENTIAL OF CITIES IN TURKEY; A GIS BASED ANALYSIS

USTA Z., CÖMERT Ç., Yilmaz V.

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, vol.26, no.1, pp.80-83, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s11356-019-06172-0
  • Journal Name: FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.80-83
  • Keywords: Solar Energy Potential, Geographical Information Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Digital Surface Model, Photovoltaic Systems, RADIATION, LIDAR
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Recently, photovoltaic systems have been developed and production of electricity directly from the sunlight has gained importance and become widespread. Photovoltaic systems will obviously be more important in the near future with their low cost, compared to other energy production methods. For example, in some European countries, municipalities produce solar potential maps to determine suitable spots for photovoltaic systems. However, in Turkey, there is no production of the solar potential maps for this purpose.