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Wind Potential and Wind Economics in Türkiye

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Wind power has been widely used by humans throughout history for varied purposes. With the beginning of the industrial age, energy demand increased greatly and fossil fuels increased in usage. In the twenty-first century, due to environmental concerns, all the countries started to increase their renewable energy portfolio. Türkiye, sitting the world’s major energy transfer routes, is highly dependent on imported fossil fuel resources. However, Türkiye has various and abundant renewable energy resources; hydropower in the mountainous eastern region, solar power in the southern, western and Marmara coastal regions and wind power mostly in the Aegean and Marmara region. This paper focuses on the wind potential in Türkiye, the biggest technical potential in Europe, green jobs created by wind, steps to be taken to adapt wind energy and contingencies associated with the policies.

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  1. Department of Energy Systems Engineering-Renewable Energy, School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Türkiye

    Gökhan Dündar & Özcan Atlam

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Dündar, G., Atlam, Ö. (2023). Wind Potential and Wind Economics in Türkiye. In: Khosla, A., Kolhe, M. (eds) Renewable Energy Optimization, Planning and Control. Studies in Infrastructure and Control. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8963-6_26

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