Clean energy in Turkey for climate change mitigation

Abstract

Energy is an essential factor to achieve sustainable development. Global energy production is growing fastly. As would be expected, the rapid expansion of energy production and consumption has brought with it a wide range of environmental issues at the local, regional and global levels. Clean energy technologies such as wind, biomass, hydropower, geothermal and solar are finally showing maturity. With respect to global environmental issues, Turkey’s carbon dioxide emissions have grown along with its energy consumption. States have played a leading role in protecting the environment by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. In this regard, clean energy resources appear to be the one of the most efficient and effective solutions for sustainable energy development in Turkey. Turkey’s geographical location has several advantages for extensive use of most of these clean energy sources. This study shows that there is enough clean energy potential in Turkey for fuels and electricity. Especially hydropower, biomass, solar and wind are very well.