Abstract
Exhibiting a high economic growth rate in recent years, energy demand has increased rapidly in Turkey. Despite having a great potential in terms of renewable energy sources, Turkey has not utilized this potential sufficiently to meet this demand. However, among various renewable energy sources, solar energy stands out in terms of investments and incentives in Turkey. In this study, progress and outlook of photovoltaic systems in Turkey are reviewed considering the potential, the incentives and the investments. In this context, ratio of the Photovoltaic Solar Power Plants within both overall installed power and the total generated energy over the years is investigated geopolitically. Ongoing and planned investments for Photovoltaic Solar Power Plants and the incentives provided by the government are reviewed by taking into consideration the geographical regions of the country. It is observed that the installed power capacity of active solar photovoltaic power plants increases by more than four times compared to the previous year, as of the end of 2017, owing to incentives and investments. Solar energy power capacity is expected to contribute significantly to the total installed power capacity over the next few years.
Highlights
THE GLOBAL energy demand has increased substantially in the last few decades owing to the many technological developments [1]
Environmental concerns and the urgent need for environmental protection are increasing rapidly as a result of supplying the global energy demand produced from the fossil-based oil, coal and gas etc
The results clearly indicate that the CO2 emissions in Turkey are approximately two times greater than those in the world [18]
Summary
THE GLOBAL energy demand has increased substantially in the last few decades owing to the many technological developments [1]. Most of countries in the world target the using of the renewable energy sources and regulate their policies and several jurisdictions to increase their existing capacity [23]. The Philippines, Indonesia, Turkey, New Zealand, Mexico, Italy, Iceland, Kenya and Japan are the countries that have the largest amounts of geothermal power generating capacity at the end of 2017. Turkey provides its electricity generation from solar energy with the rate of 6.82%, which is above the world average (see Table 1) [27 28]. The electrical energy generated in 2006 was obtained from natural gas, lignite, coal and petrol products, at rates of 46%, 25%, 18% and 21%, respectively. By the year 2017, these proportions reached 35% for natural gas, 19% for hydraulic, 17% for coal, 13% for lignite, 7% for solar 6% for wind and 5% for other sources
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