Importance of biomass energy as alternative to other sources in Turkey

Gokcol C., Dursun B., Alboyaci B., Sunan E.

ENERGY POLICY, cilt.37, sa.2, ss.424-431, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 37 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.09.057
  • Dergi Adı: ENERGY POLICY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.424-431
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Biomass energy, Renewable energy, Turkey, RENEWABLE ENERGY, INVESTMENTS, CONSUMPTION
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Energy plays a vital role in socio-economic development and raising standards of human beings. Turkey is a rapidly growing country; both its population and economy are expanding each year so its energy demand increases correspondingly and this increasing demand has to be met for keeping sustainable development in the economy and raising living conditions of mankind. Although Turkey has many energy sources, it is a big energy importer. Turkey has a lot of potential to supply its own energy, which could be put to use in order to avoid this energy dependence. Additionally, Turkey is a country that has an abundance of renewable energy sources and can essentially provide all energy requirements from indigenous energy sources. Biomass is one of the most promising energy sources considered to be alternative to conventional ones.