Prospect of concentrating solar power in Turkey: The sustainable future


Kaygusuz K.

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, cilt.15, sa.1, ss.808-814, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.09.042
  • Dergi Adı: RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.808-814
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Limited fossil resources and severe environmental problems require new sustainable electricity generation options, which utilize renewable energies and are economical in the meantime. Concentrating solar power (CSP) generation is a proven renewable energy technology and has the potential to become cost-effective in the future, for it produces electricity from the solar radiation. In Turkey, the electricity demand is rapidly increasing, while the solar resources and large wasteland areas are widely available in the western and southeastern part of Turkey. To change the energy-intensive and environment-burdensome economical development way, Turkish government supports the development of this technology strongly. These factors altogether make Turkey a suitable country for utilizing CSP technology. In this paper, the potential of CSP in Turkey was studied and strategies to promote development of this technology were given. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.