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Renewable energy and coal use in Turkey

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  • Yılmaz, Ali Osman

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Turkey becomes more dependent on foreign countries for fulfilling its energy needs day by day. While 77% of the overall primary energy consumption in 1970 was met by the domestic energy sources, this percentage decreased to 28% in 2003. As for the electricity production, while 89% of the produced electricity was produced by using the domestic sources, this percentage decreased to 68% in 1970 and 44% in 2003. The percentage of dependence on foreign countries increased year by year and reached 56% in 2003. The energy sources of Turkey are renewable energy sources and coal. If both of these energy sources are used effectively, Turkey will have a capacity to produce its overall electricity production using its own sources. The incorrect policies applied in Turkey introduced oil as a primary energy source for electricity production in 1970s and Turkey defrayed the cost of this wrong application severely by oil crisis. After 2000, natural gas, which was completely imported, was introduced as an energy source and its share in electricity production reached 45%. It is vital for Turkey to question this situation in order to ensure a sustainable development using reliable energy sources.

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  • Yılmaz, Ali Osman, 2008. "Renewable energy and coal use in Turkey," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 33(5), pages 950-959.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:33:y:2008:i:5:p:950-959
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.04.022
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    1. Kaygusuz, Kamil & Kaygusuz, Abdullah, 2002. "Renewable energy and sustainable development in Turkey," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 25(3), pages 431-453.
    2. Yilmaz, Ali Osman & Uslu, Tuncay, 2007. "The role of coal in energy production--Consumption and sustainable development of Turkey," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(2), pages 1117-1128, February.
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