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- Title
Wind energy potential of Marmara region in Turkey.
- Authors
Arikan, Oktay; Isen, Evren; Kocaman, Cagri; Kekezoglu, Bedri
- Abstract
Turkey is one of the developing countries in the world. According to economical, industrial and population growth, electrical energy demand has valuably increased in the last decade. The continually increase of electrical energy demand and global sensitivity to environmental pollution raise the importance of renewable energy sources. Wind energy has become more popular than other renewable energy sources owing to its advantages such as supplying great power, being sustainable and clean energy resource. In this study, wind energy potential analysis of Marmara region which is one of the Turkey's geographical regions is presented. Due to its high energy demand, crowded population, large industrial areas and attractive wind energy potential, this paper focused on the Marmara region. Installed wind energy conversion system (WECS) power is 923.65 MW and available WECS power is 46,996.28 MW in Marmara region. It is obviously seen that only 1.96 % of the existent capacity is utilized. A valuable increase in installed capacity could provide an attractive opportunity to decrease the import energy resources, transmission losses and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission of Turkey.
- Subjects
MARMARA Island (Turkey); WIND power; POTENTIAL theory (Physics); RENEWABLE energy sources; ENERGY conversion; DEVELOPING countries
- Publication
International Journal of Energy & Environment, 2015, Vol 6, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
2076-2895
- Publication type
Article