Abstract
"Due to the global population growth, energy demand is increasing. Depending on the development in technology and welfare level, the needs increase and diversifies. These needs cause diversification and increase in energy consumption. Therefore, the energy consumption per person increases day by day. Accordingly, researchers research and discover new energy sources. This search is mostly towards finding cheap, sustainable and renewable clean energy sources. As a result, solar energy, wind, wave, geothermal, hydrogen, biomass and hydraulic energy production systems have developed. This study presents Türkiye’s hydro electric power plant (HEPP ) potential and the impact of climate change on this potential. The hydraulic energy of Türkiye, which technically and economically can be evaluated, has not been put into operation yet. However, even if all of our theoretical (gross) potential hydraulic energy is put into operation, which is not possible in practice, only 68.1%of our total energy demand can be met according to 2040 demand projections. Considering the negative impact of climate change on the existing potential, all of our technical and economically viable potential should be put into operation as soon as possible. In this context, it can be said that it has become a necessity to remove the legislative obstacles in front of small HEPPs, to complete the GAP with all its components as soon as possible, and to facilitate the on-site consumption of electrical energy produced by small HEPPs, especially in mountainous regions, independently of the interconnected grid."
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