Assessment of Renewable Energy Resources in Line with the Targets Specified in the Turkish Strategic Plan and Application of the AHP Method

Salvarli H., ŞALVARLI M. S.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH, vol.8, no.2, pp.1016-1024, 2018 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 8 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1016-1024
  • Keywords: AHP method, renewable resources, strategic plan, sustainable development, Turkey, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TURKEY, ENVIRONMENT
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Turkey is an energy importing country and depends upon coal, oil, natural gas and hydraulic for its energy. Therefore, the government has prepared strategic plans for all alternatives including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass and other sources. One of these, the last 2015-2019 Strategic Plan, was put into force by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. High energy demand is closely associated with industrialization, economic growth and population increase. Thus, recent projects also include energy efficiency measures to help reduce energy consumption. The energy sector has developed into a strategic area of vital importance. Although Turkey is a very rich country in terms of renewable energy sources and diversity of the country, the foreign energy dependence is about 75%. It is clear that Turkey needs to increase the share of new and renewable energy sources for sustainable development. In this study, a typical application is to choose an appropriate renewable source in Turkey. The software of Expert Choice supports the Analytical Heriarchy Process which has provided data to be analyzed statistically. It is suggested that the wind energy is in the first place and the biomass takes the last place.