One of the most crucial problems of the world in the
21st century is secure energy supply. In the world where energy consumption has
increased by 40% between 1990 and 2008, more than 80% of the world's energy is
supplied from fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas (WWF, 2011: 5).
According to the International Energy Agency report, fossil fuels constituted
82% of global energy consumption in 2013 (IEA, 2014). In this context, the rate
of natural gas in energy consumption share is 25,8%, petroleum 35,8%, coal 19,4%
(IEA, 2014). Transportation and treatment costs for gas and coal drilling
exceeded 950 billion dollars as of 2013. While the Middle East countries
produce more than 30% of the oil production, natural gas is produced by Caucasus and Asian countries,
mainly the USA and Russia. In terms of coal production, Eastern Asia has a
significant production potential.
Turkey is quite a suitable country in terms of
renewable energy usage area and climatic conditions. According to some data of
2015, Turkey's annual electricity consumption is 261 billion 783 million
kilowatt-hours (kWh). The production
rate of renewable energy in electric energy is approximately 30%. The goals set
for the year 2023 of Turkey are to meet 30% of the electricity demand from
renewable energy sources. Within the framework of 2023 goals of Turkey, it's
aimed to operate all of the hydroelectric energy potential of the country for
electricity production (around 36 GW), to increase the wind installed capacity
to 20 GW, to reach a capacity of 600 MW for geothermal energy and to achieve a
solar power of 3 GW.
Looking at the aims involved in "Turkey's
National Program for Adoption of the EU Acquis " notably Turkey's energy policies is seen to
be compatible with the global energy policies including EU's policies. Within
the framework of the energy supply security, the primary goals in Turkey's
energy policy; to increase the share of
renewable clean energy sources in energy supply, to increase energy
efficiency, to follow an environmentally friendly energy policy by reducing the
use of fossil fuels and to increase the use of national natural resources by
reducing energy dependency. The basic policy for this is; to increase
incentives for investors for the installation of clean energy sources and to make
clean energy as the main element of supply security. In this context, it should
be increased in prices and durations of purchase warrants in the sun and wind,
incentives to support fossil fuels for electricity generation should be removed
and legal legislation for renewable energy should be put into practice. All in
all, Turkey should aim to make renewable energy accessible in terms of cost,
time and quantity for consumers.
Birincil Dil | Türkçe |
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Konular | Siyaset Bilimi |
Bölüm | MAKALE |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 27 Kasım 2018 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 2 Şubat 2018 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2018 Cilt: 8 Sayı: 3 |
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