Abstract
Wind power has become one of the cost-effective options for improving the energy mix, while the wind farm installations reach higher shares by new capacity additions in Turkey, similar to many other countries, in order to support the sustainable development targets. Various methodologies are implemented and applied for planning and optimizing energy systems of countries, taking into consideration the energy, economy, and ecology aspects as a whole. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the implications of "2023 energy targets" policy in terms of wind power. A futuristic scenario was tailored and applied to a comprehensive energy model for the energy system of Turkey. The official wind energy vision and goal of Turkey were analyzed by applying a scenario based on 20,000 MW wind power capacity installation by the year 2023. The results indicated that, if applied, this action will increase the share of wind power utilization to the level of 16 % in the total renewables while the installed wind capacity will reach 18 %. Finally, the total cost of this strategic target which doubles the installed capacity and electricity generation by wind power, including the respective investment costs and subsidizations results, were calculated as $24.78 billion on the analysis horizon.
Highlights
Turkey has rising growth goals while the energy mix highly depends on hydropower, coal, oil, and natural gas for electricity generation
Other renewables started to appear in the energy mix during the last decade after Turkey had already officially declared to evaluate the renewable potential for wind, geothermal, and solar power
The respective efforts and perspectives were shaped and initially appeared in ”Electricity, Energy Market and Supply Security Strategy Paper” published under the coordination of Undersecretariat of State Planning Organization of Turkey in 2009. It defines the necessary steps for ensuring supply security and announces the targets for resources plan for electricity supply in the long term. It has officially been declared as a target to increase the share of renewables in electricity generation by the installed capacities of 600 MW in solar power plants, 600 MW in geothermal, 20,000 MW in wind, and 36,000 MW in hydroelectric-based power plants by the year 2023 in order to transform to a domestic resource-supplied country profile
Summary
Turkey has rising growth goals while the energy mix highly depends on hydropower, coal, oil, and natural gas for electricity generation. The respective efforts and perspectives were shaped and initially appeared in ”Electricity, Energy Market and Supply Security Strategy Paper” published under the coordination of Undersecretariat of State Planning Organization of Turkey in 2009 It defines the necessary steps for ensuring supply security and announces the targets for resources plan for electricity supply in the long term. It has officially been declared as a target to increase the share of renewables in electricity generation by the installed capacities of 600 MW in solar power plants, 600 MW in geothermal, 20,000 MW in wind, and 36,000 MW in hydroelectric-based power plants by the year 2023 in order to transform to a domestic resource-supplied country profile. This policy initiation is expressed in the strategy paper as follows: ”Our primary target is to ensure that the share of renewable resources
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