Potential solutions and challenges of renewable energy for the economic and technical aspects of energy system independence: the case of Turkey

Abstract

The Republic of Turkey is a member of both OECD and G20. Republic of Turkey is standing at a perfect place for world economic and strategic balance. The OECD stands for Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the G20 is an international forum which gathers the world’s major 20 economies. Moreover, with a growing and young population Republic of Turkeys goal to be a member of G10. Turkey's economy showed great success and determination for that road, growing even during the global pandemic in 2020. One of the challenges on this road is Turkey’s energy import dependency and to make this growth even more sustainable Turkey needs energy independence. For this aim renewable energy have so much importance. This master thesis aims to show and discuss the renewable energy in Turkey from different point of view such as economic, potential and technical mainly focusing on the bioenergy.